No international fans will be allowed to attend the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics this summer because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, organisers revealed on Saturday (March 20).

File footage from December 2019 shows journalists visit the newly built National Stadium during a media tour, followed by the construction completion ceremony.

Members of the press visit the new National Stadium is seen during a media tour following by the construction completion ceremony on December 15, 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Members of the local and international press visited the venue for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike attended the construction completion ceremony.

Giant Olympic Rings carried by a salvage barge arrive at the waterfront area in Odaiba Marine Park on January 17, 2020, Tokyo, Japan. The Olympic symbol, which size (32.6m wide and 15.3m tall), will be officially inaugurated on January 24, exactly six months before the opening of the Tokyo Summer 2020 Olympic Games.

Tokyo, Japan - July 03, 2019 - Members of the press visited the Games venues (Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Ariake Arena, Ariake Gymnastics Centre, and Olympic/Paralympic Village) under construction for Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The construction works of the venues reported over 70% of completion.Order of the venues on video: Tokyo Aquatics Centre, Ariake Arena, Ariake Gymnastics Centre, and Olympic/Paralympic Village

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tokyo Olympics Games may be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Speaking to parliament on Monday (March 23), Abe added that canceling the games is "not an option."

File footage shows the new National Stadium, Olympic rings arriving at the waterfront area in Odaiba Marine Park, Tokyo and the games' venues under construction.