In connection with the Tokyo Paralympics that will start on the 24th, it was found that a total of 10 people were infected with the new coronavirus, including one player from overseas and one member of the team staying in the Olympic Village. I did.
On the 24th, the Games Organizing Committee announced that 10 people had newly tested positive for the new corona in connection with the Tokyo Paralympics.
One of them is a player who came to Japan from overseas and is in the Olympic Village, and is in quarantine for 14 days after coming to Japan.
Of the remaining nine, four came from overseas, each of whom is a member of the athletes' team, a tournament official, a tournament contractor, or a media representative who stays in the Olympic Village.
The other five are living in Japan, with four contractors for the Games and one staff member of the Organizing Committee.
This brings the number of Paralympic-related infected people announced by the Organizing Committee from the 12th of this month to 154.
On the other hand, according to the summary of the Organizing Committee, the number of athletes and related persons who came to Japan from overseas in connection with the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics was 51,887 from the 1st to the 22nd of last month, and the test at the airport was positive. Forty-nine people were found, with a positive rate of 0.09%.
In addition, 766,944 tests conducted under the jurisdiction of the Games, such as the Olympic Village and competition venues, confirmed 236 infections, with a positive rate of 0.03%.
In addition, some of the tournament contractors and volunteers living in Japan have been voluntarily tested and confirmed to be infected, and the Organizing Committee and others have announced that these people are included.