China News Service, July 23. According to Japanese media reports, the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee announced on the 23rd that 19 new Olympic-related personnel who tested positive for the new crown, including 3 new overseas athletes, will be added.

Among the Olympic-related personnel, a total of 106 people have been diagnosed.

  According to reports, one of the three athletes lives in the Olympic Village.

Recently, as the new crown epidemic in Tokyo continues to heat up and related diagnoses continue to increase, Toshiro Muto, CEO of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, said on the 20th that the possibility of canceling the Olympics at the "last minute" cannot be ruled out.

  In addition to the 3 athletes, the 16 newly diagnosed persons included 3 contractors and 3 media personnel.

  According to reports, this is the day with the largest number of new positive cases of Olympic-related personnel in a single day since July.

Except for the athletes who went to Japan for pre-match training, the number of infections related to the event reached 106 in the triple digits for the first time since the 1st.

  On the 23rd, the Tokyo Olympic Games will usher in the official opening after a one-year delay.

As the epidemic in Japan is still not under effective control, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee revealed on the 21st that the current number of people expected to participate in the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics is about 950, and it may be further reduced.