Olympics: Most medical staff needed for Olympics secured - Games official

FILE PHOTO: Toshiaki Endo, vice president of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, speaks during the committee's executive board meeting in Tokyo, Japan, February 18, 2021. Akio Kon/Pool via REUTERS

TOKYO (Reuters) - The organisers of the Tokyo Olympics have secured about 80% of the medical staff needed to stage the Games, a top Olympic official told Reuters on Monday, amid worries over infections and the slow rollout of vaccinations in the Japanese capital.

Toshiaki Endo, vice president of the Games organising committee, said some domestic spectators could be allowed into venues for the benefit of athletes, although he personally preferred a total ban on attendance in order to reassure the public amid widespread opposition to the event.