The Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee has estimated the cost of novel coronavirus countermeasures at around 100 billion yen ($960 million), sources with knowledge of the matter said Sunday.The organizing committee, the Tokyo metropolitan government and the Japanese government are to present an interim report on coronavirus countermeasures on Dec. 2, having held several meetings on the issue since September, the sources said.The one-year postponement of the Olympics and Paralympics to next summer due to the pandemic will drive up the total price tag of the games by some 200…READ FULL ARTICLE
