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North Korea will stop participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, according to reports, due to concerns about the coronavirus.
The country said it would not participate in this summer's Olympics to "protect athletes from the global public health crisis caused by covid-19," according to a report published this Tuesday, local time, in North Korean media DPRK Sports. a website on sports matters.
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The decision was made by the North Korean Olympic Committee, which held a meeting by videoconference with committee members and sports officials on March 25 in the capital Pyongyang, DPRK Sports reported.
The Olympics are scheduled to take place from July 23 to August 8.
The Paralympic Games will take place shortly thereafter, from August 24 to September 5.
In March 2020, the organizers were forced to postpone the Olympics for the first time in the event's history.
Precisely because of the coronvairus pandemic.
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Last month, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee said international viewers would be denied entry to Japan due to the prevalence of the coronavirus at home and abroad.
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CNN's Matias Grez contributed to this report.
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