Thomas Bach, President of the IOC, says that he calls on the National Olympic Committees to expand their medical team on the ground in Japan.
- Together with our Japanese partners and friends, I can only emphasize once again our commitment to organize a safe Olympics and Paralympics for everyone, he says.
He also says that 75 percent of those who will live in the Olympic village have either already been vaccinated or have times booked.
- But our efforts do not end there.
We have good reason to believe that figure will be well over 80 percent, he says.
Japan has continued to worry about the spread of the infection and the emergency in Japan and other regions has been extended until 31 May.
A medical organization in Tokyo that represents more than 6,000 doctors in the host city has demanded that the authorities pressure the IOC to cancel the Olympics.
They expressed in an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that "they have their hands full and almost no vacancies (in hospitals)".
Opposition to the Tokyo Summer Games has increased in recent weeks.
Several opinion polls have shown that a majority of the Japanese population opposes organizing the Olympics.
A petition to stop the games has received over 350,000 signatures.