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Five days before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, two South African soccer players were confirmed in the Athletes' Village. The athletes and reporters are being tested several times before entering the country, but the number of confirmed cases is increasing.



This is Kwon Jong-oh, a reporter from Tokyo.



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you want to go to Tokyo, you will be busy four days in advance.



After receiving two COVID-19 tests, once within 96 hours of departure and once within 72 hours of departure, the negative results must be translated into Japanese and English, and a total of five apps, including a location tracking app, must be installed on the phone.



After boarding the aircraft and writing a pledge to abide by quarantine regulations, when you arrive at Narita Airport, a full-fledged trouble gate opens.



The organizing committee first verifies your identity with your passport and documents and checks the QR code.



After that, after looking at the negative confirmation, a saliva test is performed.



[Sako Yamaki/Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Staff: When the saliva test is finished, the results will come out in an



hour

.]

However, for more than 2 hours, the results do not come out and the passport and QR code checks are repeated without explanation.



[Xinhua Zhou / Senior Correspondent of Sports, Xinhua News Agency, China: I keep looking at the personal information I have already checked over and over and I think it should be simplified.] In the



end, I only showed my passport number 8, and after going through all 10 steps, I got the stadium pass with difficulty.



Check-in was completed almost four hours after the plane arrived at Narita Airport.



But this is not the end.



Even after entering the country, you will need to receive a corona test kit every day, submit your own sample, and register in the app.



Although quarantine measures are being strengthened for inbound travelers to the point of being harsh, the number of foreign confirmed cases is increasing.



Today (18th) at the Athletes' Village, two South African soccer players were confirmed for the first time as a player.



The situation is getting worse as the total number of Olympic-related confirmed cases has risen to 55.



(Video coverage: Seol Seol-hwan, video editing: Oh Young-taek)