(Tokyo Olympics) Olympic-related personnel add 16 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, including 2 media personnel

  China News Agency, Tokyo, July 28 (Reporter Zhu Chenxi) The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced on the 28th that 16 new cases of Olympic-related personnel were diagnosed, including 2 cases of media personnel.

  Since July 1, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has announced daily new confirmed cases of Olympic-related personnel.

According to data from the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, of the 16 new confirmed cases, 2 were media personnel; 4 were Olympic-related staff; 1 was Olympic volunteer; 9 were Olympic outsourcing staff living in Japan.

  The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has previously decided that when contestants and related personnel live in the Olympic Village and the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee designated hotels, if the new crown test results are positive, considering privacy and other reasons, their personal information such as nationality, gender and age will not be disclosed .

  According to statistics from the Japan Broadcasting Association TV station, as of 23:59 on the 27th local time, Japan had 7629 new confirmed cases of new crown that day. This is the first time since January 9 this year that there were more than 7500 cases, with a total of 883054 confirmed cases; new deaths on that day 12 cases, 15152 cases died.

  Data shows that Tokyo has 2848 new confirmed cases on the 27th, setting a record of new cases in a single day since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, with a total of 203,568 confirmed cases; 2 new deaths on the same day and a total of 2279 deaths.

  According to Japanese media reports on the 28th, due to the rapid spread of delta mutant strains in Japan, the three counties in the capital region near Tokyo, including Kanagawa, Saitama, and Chiba, have suffered severe epidemics. At present, the three counties have requested the Japanese government to issue an "emergency Declaration of events".

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