Olympics: Tokyo Games flame ceremony scaled back due to virus

Greece's Olympic committee said Friday it will limit the number of guests at next week's Tokyo Games flame lighting ceremony in Olympia, western Greece, due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.While the committee said earlier this week that the ceremony will go ahead as scheduled on March 12, it said in a statement that "accreditation cards for guests will not be issued" due to the virus, which has seen more than 98,000 confirmed cases worldwide.It does not plan to limit the number of attending officials from the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee or members of the media.According to …READ FULL ARTICLE