Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture, has come to Japan to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and announced that it has been confirmed that one of the American gymnastics athletes who had been camping in the city was infected with the new coronavirus.
Infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed by a teenager who came to Japan as a member of the American women's gymnastics team.
According to Inzai City, this player arrived at Narita Airport on the 15th of this month and was practicing at Juntendo University in Inzai City while staying at a hotel in Narita City.
The PCR test at the time of entry was negative, but a simple test conducted on the 18th turned positive, and then a PCR test conducted at a medical institution confirmed the infection before dawn on the 19th.
After arriving in Japan, this player only went back and forth between the hotel and the driving range and had no symptoms, but another player became a close contact and both waited at the hotel where he was staying. It means that you are doing it.
Meanwhile, the other players and staff of the national team will move to the Olympic Village in Chuo-ku, Tokyo on the 19th as originally planned.
The Inzai City Olympic and Paralympic Promotion Office said, "We are very disappointed to confirm the infection because we have taken all possible infection prevention measures based on the national policy. We apologize for causing anxiety to the citizens."