It was discovered that two Czech athletes and one Dutch athlete who came to Japan to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, which starts on the 23rd, were infected with the new coronavirus.

On the 23rd, it was announced that 19 people in Japan and overseas were positive in the PCR test, which was the highest number since the 1st of this month when the Games Organizing Committee started the announcement.

Prior to the Tokyo Olympics, which will start on the 23rd, the Organizing Committee announced that three athletes from overseas tested positive for the new Corona.



One of them is a beach volleyball female player already announced by the Czech Olympic Committee, who was scheduled to face the Japanese pair in the first match of the qualifying league on the 24th.



The other is a boy on a Czech bicycle, and the Czech Olympic Committee has so far found six infected people in the team, four athletes and two people involved.



In addition, an infection in a female Taekwondo player in the Netherlands was revealed.



In addition, two athletes from the Olympic Village were infected, one of whom was associated with the Philippine athletes.



On the 23rd, it was announced that 19 people in Japan and overseas, including those involved in the Games and the media, were positive in the PCR test, which was the largest number since the 1st of this month when the Games Organizing Committee started the announcement. The total number of people is 106.