Dick Pound, a longtime International Olympic Committee member from Canada, hinted the rescheduled Tokyo Games could be in doubt due to the continued spread of the novel coronavirus, the BBC reported Thursday.

"I can't be certain because the ongoing elephant in the room would be the surges in the virus," he was quoted as saying.

The report comes after the IOC said it has "full confidence" in the steps being taken by the Tokyo Olympic organizers and remains committed to the games going ahead as scheduled in July despite a state of emergency being declared for the capital on Thursday.