It was confirmed that one staff member of the South African national team of sevens rugby boys who entered Kagoshima for the pre-camp for the Tokyo Olympics was infected with the new coronavirus.
Kagoshima City will investigate whether other members are close contacts.
Twenty-one South African national teams of sevens rugby boys stayed in the metropolitan area for a time because their passengers on the plane were infected with the new coronavirus.
After that, 20 people who were judged not to be close contacts entered Kagoshima on the 17th, three days later than planned.
According to Kagoshima City, one of the staff members in their 40s took off from Haneda Airport on the 17th, and the test that they had received the day before revealed a positive reaction for the new corona, and the city retested. I was going.
And late on the night of the 17th, the infection of this staff was confirmed.
After confirmation of the infection, the team's practice scheduled in Kagoshima City was canceled on the 18th.
The other 19 players and staff are waiting in the private room of the hotel where they are staying, and Kagoshima City will investigate whether they are close contacts.