Japan rejects London's offer to take over Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid coronavirus fears

Tokyo 2020 organizers: Continue collaborating with organizations to monitor the disease

"Tokyo 2020 will continue to collaborate with all relevant organizations which carefully monitor any incidence of infectious diseases and we will review any countermeasures that may be necessary with all relevant organizations," the Tokyo 2020 organizing committee said in an e-mailed statement.

The Tokyo Olympic organizing committee and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have repeatedly said over the last few weeks that they are following the advice of the World Health Organization (WHO) and that the games will go on.

The IOC and local organizers maintain their initial stance that there are no plans to cancel or postpone the Olympics. This has only happened during wartime. The Olympics in 1980 and 1984 were held despite boycotts.