Olympics-Japan medical adviser Omi to announce advice for holding Games on Friday

FILE PHOTO: President of the Japan Community Healthcare Organization Shigeru Omi addresses a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2021. David Mareuil/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's top medical adviser, Shigeru Omi, will hold an online news conference on Friday evening to brief on his and other medical experts' advice on how best to control the COVID-19 pandemic during the Games, the Japan National Press Club said.

Local media reported on Thursday that the experts' report, to be submitted to - but not commissioned by - the government and Olympics organisers, would propose that having no live spectators would be the least risky approach.