Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes’ village, say organisers

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Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes’ village, say organisers
First case of Covid-19 is found at the Tokyo Olympics athlete’s village, the organisers said on Saturday. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic.
July 17, 2021

A person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics athletes' village, organisers said on Saturday, adding to concerns about infections at the Games which begin next week.

"There was one person in the Village. That was the very first case in the Village that was reported during the screening test," Masa Takaya, spokesman for the Tokyo organising committee, said in a press conference.

However, Takaya has not revealed the person's nationality, citing privacy concerns.

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, is being held mostly without spectators and under tight quarantine rules.

On Friday, a member of the Nigerian Olympics delegation who tested positive for the coronavirus at Narita airport has been admitted to a hospital. The person, in their 60s, had only light symptoms but was hospitalised because of their advanced age and pre-existing conditions. It was the first Covid-19 hospitalisation of an Olympics-related visitor.

Several Covid-19 cases have emerged involving athletes and others involved with the Games, which start July 23, even as infections spread in Tokyo and experts warn worse may lie ahead.

Tokyo is under a state of emergency for the pandemic, but most steps to curb its spread are voluntary and many people say they have grown weary of complying.

The Olympics and Paralympic involve 15,400 athletes and tens of thousands of others entering Japan, including media, broadcasters, officials, and judges and others.The official cost of the Tokyo Olympics is $15.4 billion, although government auditors have suggested it’s much larger. All but $6.7 billion is public money.

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes’ village, say organisers

First case of Covid-19 is found at the Tokyo Olympics athlete’s village, the organisers said on Saturday. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic.

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Japan reports 15 people close to organizing Olympics infected with coronavirus
The infected include seven employees working at Olympic venues, two journalists, and six people associated with the competition


OLYMPIC GAMES IN TOKYO
17 JUL, 14:59


TOKYO, July 17. /TASS/. At least 15 new coronavirus cases have been reported among people associated with the upcoming Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the organizing committee of the Olympics announced on Saturday.

The infected include seven employees working at Olympic venues, two journalists, and six people associated with the competition. Among the latter is the man who became the first infected in the territory of the Olympic Village in Tokyo - he was reported to be a member of a foreign national team but was not an athlete.

So far, coronavirus has been detected in athletes and team members from several countries who have arrived in Japan. It was found in athletes from Israel, Uganda, and Serbia, as well as the support staff of the national teams of Nigeria and Russia.

Six days before the start of the competition in Tokyo, the situation with coronavirus remains difficult: the daily increase in the number of new cases detected in the Japanese capital is at over 1,000. From July 12 the emergency regime was once introduced in Tokyo due to the worsening epidemiological situation and will last until August 22.

The Tokyo Olympics were supposed to take place from July 24 to August 9, 2020. Due to the pandemic, the competitions were postponed for a year, now they will be held from July 23 to August 8. The organizers decided to hold the competition without foreign fans, local spectators will also not be allowed to the Olympic events in six Japanese prefectures, including Tokyo.

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