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A month before the Tokyo Olympics, foreign athletes are coming to Japan one by one, and the first confirmed case of Corona was found in the Uganda national team that arrived yesterday (19th). The pre-departure test was negative.
Correspondent Yoo Seong-jae from Tokyo.
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Nine athletes and coaches representing Uganda for the Tokyo Olympics arrived in Japan at Tokyo Narita Airport yesterday afternoon.
Two doses of AstraZeneca vaccine were administered in Uganda, and PCR tests within 72 hours before departure all tested negative for Corona and submitted a confirmation letter.
However, one of them was confirmed to be infected with the corona virus at Narita Airport quarantine.
The saliva antigen test showed a positive result, and a PCR test was performed, indicating that the patient was infected.
Uganda is the second foreign team to enter Japan after Australia on the 1st, but this is the first time that a confirmed case of coronavirus has been reported.
The Tokyo Organizing Committee has quarantined the confirmed cases in government-designated facilities in accordance with regulations.
The remaining 8 people, who were confirmed negative, arrived in Osaka, the daytime campsite, by chartered bus and went into isolation at the dorm.
With the first confirmed case of a foreign national team, concerns are growing over the Olympic corona measures, the Tokyo organizing committee has released the inside of the Olympic Village to the media.
[Suga/Prime Minister of Japan (last 17th): (Japan) may take measures against infection for foreign guests. The risk from overseas is quite small.] In
yesterday's Mainichi Shimbun poll conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun, 64% of the respondents said it was impossible to hold the "Olympic of peace and safety" that Prime Minister Suga emphasized.
Nevertheless, it is reported that the Japanese government is considering a plan to allow up to 20,000 spectators for the opening ceremony only.
(Video coverage: Cheol-min Han, Video editing: Min-gyu Jeon)