JOC visitors infected Temporarily closed “Olympic Museum” February 26 22:08
JOC = It was confirmed that one person who had entered and exited a hall in Tokyo, where many sports organizations such as the Japan Olympic Committee enter, was infected with the new coronavirus. Museum has been temporarily closed for more than two weeks since the 27th.
The JOC and the Japan Sports Association reported that one of the people who visited the JAPAN SPORT OLYMPIC SQUARE completed last April on the 17th and 18th of this month was infected with the new coronavirus. It was announced on 26th that it was confirmed.
The five people belonging to a group suspected of having "close contact" because they visited the same group in the museum had no signs of onset at this time, but had to wait at home just in case. about it.
The JOC has decided to enter the first and second floors of this hall and temporarily close the "Japan Olympic Museum", where you can learn the history of the Olympics, from 27th to 16th of next month.
The museum has been visited by more than 300,000 people since it was completed last September, and is still full of people every day.
The JOC explained that the reason for the temporary closure was "I decided to do what I could, given the government's request to close national museums and museums."