Tokyo 2020 said the affected official has been placed into a 14-day quarantine.
File image of Tokyo Olympic village. AFP
Tokyo: Tokyo Olympics organisers have confirmed the first COVID-19
positive case inside the Olympic Village. The case reportedly affects an official connected with the delayed Summer Games that are due to open on 23 July.
Tokyo 2020 said the affected official has been placed into a 14-day quarantine.
The organisers had previously confirmed there had been 14 more new infections in Japan linked to the Games since 1 July.
It took the total number in that period to 44, with less than a week to go to the Games that were initially supposed to be held last year but were pushed due to the pandemic.
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Of the 13 positive cases recently, four were also from “Games connected personnel” — defined by the organisers as “those affiliated with the IOC, the International Paralympic Committee, NOCs, NPCs, International Federations, members of the Olympic and Paralympic Family, partners, Olympic Broadcasting Services members, etc”.
Meanwhile, seven are contractors working on the Olympics, and the other two are members of the foreign media.
At least five athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 since landing in Japan for the Games, while the Refugee Olympic Team delayed their journey to Tokyo after a delegation member returned a positive test.
Tokyo recorded 1,271 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, a third straight day of 1000-plus cases in the Japanese capital.
A large portion of the Japanese public have signalled their opposition to the Olympics and Paralympics going ahead, with polls suggesting the citizens are in favour of either the games being cancelled or postponed.
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International Olympic Committee and organisers have insisted the strict measures will ensure the Games are “safe and secure”.
IOC has claimed 85 per cent of residents in the Olympic Village have been vaccinated.
IOC President Thomas Bach has this week tried to assure the Japanese public there is “zero” risk of the virus spreading to the people because of the COVID-19 countermeasures in place at the Games.
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