One of the members of the South African national team of sevens rugby boys who arrived in Kagoshima on the 17th for a preliminary training camp for the Tokyo Olympics was found to have tested positive for the new coronavirus, and the national team said 17 I canceled the practice I had planned for the day.
The South African national team of sevens rugby boys has 17 out of 21 people waiting at a temporary accommodation facility in the Tokyo metropolitan area because a person infected with the new coronavirus was on the plane when they came to Japan. It was.
After that, it was said that all but one person would not be a close contact, and on the 17th, three days later than planned, three people from the first team and 17 people from the second team arrived at Kagoshima Airport.
According to Kagoshima City, the results of a test conducted by the second team about an hour after taking off from Haneda Airport were revealed, and one of the members reported that a positive reaction for the new coronavirus had been obtained.
After arriving at Kagoshima Airport, one person who gave a positive reaction moved to a hospital designated by the public health center, and the other 19 people entered the hotel in Kagoshima City where they were staying.
Kagoshima City will then conduct a more accurate test at the hospital to see if one person who has a positive reaction is infected.
According to the city, the national team will stop the practice that was scheduled to start at the stadium in Kagoshima city on the evening of the 17th, and the players and staff will wait in the hotel's private room.