he oldest person in the world, a 118-year-old Japanese woman, will not finally participate in the Olympic torch relay at the Tokyo Olympics due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in the country, her family announced on Friday .
Kane Tanaka, who lives in Fukuoka in southern Japan, had planned to carry the torch on his wheelchair when the relay passed through his town on Tuesday.
But in a statement obtained by AFP, her family finally announced that they would not participate in the demonstration because "the spread of the coronavirus has not been contained".
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