China News Service, Beijing, June 20. According to Japanese media reports on the 20th, a member of the Ugandan delegation from the Tokyo Olympics was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia after arriving in Japan on the evening of the 19th. This is also the first confirmed case of infection in an overseas delegation of the Tokyo Olympics.
It is reported that the Uganda delegation arriving in Japan has a total of nine members, including athletes and coaches who will participate in boxing, weightlifting and swimming events of the Tokyo Olympics.
Japanese media reported that all members of the delegation had received two doses of AstraZeneca's new crown vaccine before departure, and obtained a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 72 hours before leaving the country.
After the delegation arrived in Japan, a nucleic acid test conducted at the airport found that one person tested positive.
The confirmed case has been sent to a facility designated by the Japanese government for isolation. The remaining 8 people of the Ugandan delegation tested negative for nucleic acid. They boarded a special bus at around 1 am on the 20th to go to Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture for pre-match training.
According to the provisions of the third edition of the epidemic prevention manual issued by the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, athletes will undergo nucleic acid testing every day during the Olympics in principle, and participants who are unlikely to have close contact with athletes only need to undergo testing every 4 days.
It is understood that the first overseas athlete team for the Tokyo Olympic Games to arrive in Japan is a member of the Australian women's softball team, which entered Japan on June 1.
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