Prognosis
Copa America Moved to Brazil; Olympic Warning: Virus Update
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After the raging pandemic in Argentina prompted the co-hosts of the Copa America soccer tournament to pull out, the premier South American sports event is set to be moved to Brazil. Some members of the Japanese government’s coronavirus expert panel warned that it would be “difficult” to hold the Olympics this summer if Tokyo’s virus situation remains at the highest of four levels, reports said, even as the first group of foreign athletes arrived for the Games.