It will be a departure from the tradition where some prominent person has had to hang the medal around his neck around the active.
A person with disinfected gloves will now place the medals on a tray and then the active person will take it and hang it around their own neck.
- In this way, we have ensured that no one has touched the medals before, says Bach according to AP.
There will be 339 medal awards.
There will also be no physical contact such as handshakes and hugs.
And all persons at the ceremony must wear mouth guards.
Tokyo has previously issued a state of emergency and banned spectators during the games in view of the rampant covid-19 spread.
At the recently concluded European Championship finals in football, Uefa chief Aleksander Ceferin personally hung the medals around players and leaders at Wembley in London.