The Games Organizing Committee has announced that 21 people have been certified as three close contacts, including players from the South African men's national soccer team who stayed in the Olympic Village of the Tokyo Olympics and tested positive for the new coronavirus. ..
The South African national team will face Japan in the first match of the qualifying league on the 22nd of this month.
Two South African men's soccer players who were staying in the Olympic Village in Harumi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo for the Tokyo Olympics were found to have tested positive for the new Corona on the 18th.
On the South African national football team, one staff member in charge of video analysis also tested positive, and the Organizing Committee announced on the 19th that 21 people were certified as close contacts.
The South African national soccer team will face Japan in the first match of the qualifying league on the 22nd of this month.
The Organizing Committee and others will conduct a PCR test on athletes who have become close contacts about 6 hours before the start of the competition, and if the result is confirmed to be negative, they will be allowed to participate in the competition. The policy is summarized.
On the other hand, the Organizing Committee announced on the 19th that a total of three people, including those involved in the Games who newly came to Japan from overseas, those involved in the media, and one contractor living in Japan, became positive.
As a result, since the 1st of this month, the number of athletes involved in the Tokyo Olympics and those involved in the Games announced as positive for the new corona is 58, including those living overseas and domestically. ..