The West African state of Guinea on Thursday said it was scrapping its decision to withdraw its five-person team from the Olympics, a move that it had said was prompted by worries over Coronavirus. 

“The government, after receiving assurances from the health authorities, is giving its agreement for our athletes to take part,” Sports Minister Sanoussy Bantama Sow said. The move reverses a decision to cancel the country’s participation in the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic.