An entrance to the Olympic village in Tokyo (Japan) on July 13, 2021, where athletes stay and practice during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics . (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Mr. Bach told a press conference that among the 15,000 athletes, officials and other Olympic-and-Paralympic-related people who had arrived from July 1 to Friday, only 15 tested positive.

The IOC chief noted that the cases were immediately isolated and "in this way, they would not pose any risk to other participants and Japanese public."

He reassured that the Games will be "safe and secure", and adding that the (anti-COVID) measures are not only in place, but that they are working and are enforced.