China News Service, July 20. According to Kyodo News, Japan’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee announced on the 20th that nine new Olympic athletes, including one foreign athlete living in the Olympic Village in Harumi, Tokyo, have been confirmed. The relevant personnel tested positive for the new crown.

Among them, there is one volunteer who lives in Japan.

This is the first time a volunteer has tested positive since July 1.

Data map: On July 20, local time, the Tokyo Olympics is about to open. The main news center of the Tokyo Olympics has adopted multiple epidemic prevention measures.

The picture shows reporters in the main press center of the Tokyo Olympics queuing to enter the smoking area in accordance with the epidemic prevention requirements.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Tomita

　　According to reports, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee also revealed that of the 21 close contacts of the South African Men’s National Olympic Team, 3 were deemed not to be close contacts.

According to relevant sources, the health center in the Olympic Village launched an additional investigation and found that the three people had no contact with the positive person.

　　In addition, after excluding athletes who went to Japan for pre-match training, the number of positives related to the Olympics has reached 67 since July 1.

　　The Tokyo Olympics will open in three days. In the past few days, thousands of Olympic-related personnel have flown to Japan from all over the world.

At the same time, there have been cases of infection in the Olympic Village, and Tokyo has newly confirmed more than a thousand new crown cases for several days, and has entered the fourth state of emergency since the outbreak. The period will cover July 23 to August 8. The Tokyo Olympics held.

　　Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that the Olympic Games under the epidemic will be very different from the past, but Japan will protect the health and safety of the public, Olympic athletes and other Olympic-related personnel in the country. sense".

To this end, Yoshihide Suga called on all parties involved in the Olympics to cooperate with relevant anti-epidemic measures.