Billboards promoting the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games were put up in Shinjuku Station, Japan. /VCG

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly stressed that Japan will overcome the spread of the coronavirus and host the Olympic Games as planned. /VCG

The Greek Olympic Committee has announced that the handover of the Olympic Flame to Tokyo will take place on March 19 at an empty Athens stadium without an audience or journalists due to the coronavirus outbreak. /VCG