Table Tennis International Tournament Held without showing positive results for new coronavirus test March 4th 20:06
Prior to the international table tennis tournament held in Qatar, a PCR test was conducted prior to the tournament to determine whether or not athletes from Japan and Italy were infected with the new coronavirus. No positive results were obtained from the players during the test, and the tournament is being held as scheduled.
The Qatar Open, a world tour organized by the International Table Tennis Federation, began playing on March 3.
According to officials of the tournament, on the 2nd day before the opening, the Qatar government and the International Table Tennis Federation conducted PCR tests on about 80 players and staff from five countries and regions in Japan, Italy, Singapore, Hong Kong and Egypt. about it.
No players or staff gave a positive result in the test, so the tournament is scheduled to start on the 3rd.
Athletes from Japan who have been hired as representatives of the Tokyo Olympics, such as Misato Ito and Tomokazu Harimoto, will participate in this tournament. Strong Chinese athletes will also compete, but Chinese players have been practicing in Qatar for about a month, and about 50 athletes and staff have already undergone PCR tests. It did not give a positive result.