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Japanese city cancels Kenya Olympic training camp over virus – Wide World of Sports
‘Record high’ infections force cancellation
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Japanese city due to host Kenya’s team for a pre-Olympics training camp has cancelled because the coronavirus situation there is “critical,” the Kenyan Olympic committee said.
City officials from Kurume in the Fukuoka Prefecture near the southern tip of Japan had informed Kenya that they were cancelling, the committee said.
The Kenyan Olympic committee said the letter from Kurume reported that “COVID-19 infections have rapidly spread in Kurume since mid-April and the situation…
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