This evening I read the news that Canada is the first country to formally withdraw from the Games due to the Coronavirus pandemic citing concerns over not just athlete health but public health also.
Must have been a very difficult decision and kudos to Canada for taking the responsible step. After all, how can elimination competition and training go on in an environment of social distancing and complete societal disruption.

Needless to say, this will put enormous pressure on Japan, whose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been steadfastly determined that the Games should proceed as scheduled in July. Japan has invested tens of billions of dollars in preparation for the Games so I can only imagine the predicament he is in. They can only postpone so far before the postponement would conflict with the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing or the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
What havoc this virus is wreaking on the world.