Japan's inability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic means that plans to hold the Olympics in Tokyo should be reconsidered, health experts wrote in a commentary reut.rs/3gmsCCB 1/5 
The 2020 Games, already delayed by one year, are due to begin in fewer than 100 days, even as Japan expands quasi-emergency measures to halt a fourth wave of infections 2/5
Japan has exhibited 'poor performance' in containing virus transmission, along with limited testing capacity and a slow vaccination rollout, according to the commentary published in the British Medical Journal 3/5
Kyoto University professor Hiroshi Nishiura, an advisor to the government's pandemic response, urged in a magazine commentary this week that authorities postpone the Olympics one year to allow for more time to vaccinate the public 4/5
Olympic and government officials have said further postponement of the Games is out of the question. Read more on the report: reut.rs/3gmsCCB via @swiftrocky 5/5
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