It was found that a Korean member of the IOC = International Olympic Committee, who came to Japan for the Tokyo Olympics on the 17th, tested positive for the new coronavirus received at the airport.
The positive result for the new coronavirus was confirmed by Yu Seung-min, an IOC member from South Korea who is the chairman of the Korean Table Tennis Association.
According to South Korean news agency Yonhap News Agency, Commissioner Yu arrived at Narita Airport on the 17th for the Tokyo Olympics and the IOC Session in Tokyo, and received a positive test when entering Japan.
Mr. Yu was vaccinated, and the tests he had done twice before coming to Japan were both negative, and the tests he received when he left Korea were also negative.
Commissioner Yu had no symptoms and moved from the airport to the designated quarantine.
Union News has posted a photo of its own SNS post that revealed that Commissioner Yu had tested positive and apologized to the people involved, but this post has now been deleted. ..
This is the first time that the IOC members have been positive as they entered the country for the Tokyo Olympics.
By the 17th, the Games Organizing Committee announced that among the athletes of the Tokyo Olympic Games and those involved in the Games, the number of people who are positive for the new corona is 45, including those living overseas and in Japan.