Tokyo Doctors Recommend Canceling 2021 Olympics

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The Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association, which represents 6,000 primary care doctors, has recommended that the 2021 Olympics be canceled due to COVID-19 safety concerns.

Hospitals in the Games host city "have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity" amid a surge in infections, the group stated in a May 14 open letter to prime minister Yoshihide Suga first appearing on the group's website this week, according to Reuters.

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