On the 17th, the Games Organizing Committee said that two athletes who came to Japan from overseas to participate in the Tokyo Olympics and stayed in the Olympic Village in Chuo-ku, Tokyo were positive for the new coronavirus test. The three have revealed that they are in the same competition group in the same country, including one official who announced that they were positive.
On the 18th, the Organizing Committee announced that the first two athletes from overseas to stay in the Olympic Village in Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, were tested positive for the new corona.
Regarding this, the Organizing Committee announced that the two athletes who were positive at the press conference on the new corona and heat measures held at the main press center of the Olympic Games in Koto-ku, Tokyo were positive on the 17th. He revealed that he was in the same competition group in the same country as one of the tournament officials staying in the village.
After that, he explained that all three of them were isolated in a hotel outside the Olympic Village, and that other people in this group were taking appropriate measures, such as having them eat in their room as a waiting measure in their own room.
Hidemasa Nakamura, Chief of the Organizing Committee's Main Operations Center, said, "It is most important to reduce the risk as much as possible and take prompt action. There are positives, but we are in control. By doing so, we will create a safe Olympic Village. "