is significant, japanese government officials maintain that because of the covid-19 countermeasures already put in place which include banning foreign spectators from attending, that the loss of these 10,000 volunteers won t impact the games. take a listen. translator: the tokyo 2020 ceo said that around 10,000 out of the roughly 80,000 olympic volunteers declined to take part in the games, but since the games have been simplified and there are volunteers who can register both for the olympics and the paralympics, there will be no particular problem in operating the games. reporter: volunteers aren t the only olympic participants dropping out. some doctors scheduled to be in charge of medical services at competition venues are also withdrawing. these doctors were to be tasked with the supervision of medical staff treating both athletes and spectators. with 50 days to go before the games are set to begin olympic organizers are currently in the
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