A new notice says Indians training abroad will not have to go through a hard quarantine.
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Tokyo Olympics : A previous guideline by the Japanese government said Indian athletes going through a hard quarantine for three days after coming to Japan. However, a new notice says Indians training abroad will not have to go through a hard quarantine.
Likewise, the accompanying officials can also continue their functions at the Village during the three-day period. Officials will not be allowed to physically interact or meet other representatives. This ruling is only applicable if players have been outside India for over 14 days.
“The additional conditions imposed upon Group 1 countries don’t apply to the Indian athletes undergoing training abroad. This means that they don’t have to undergo quarantine for three days and the condition of getting themselves continuously tested for seven days prior to their departure doesn’t apply to them. However, two negative test reports within 96 hours and 72 hours are applicable to athletes of all participating nations,” Dr. Prem Verma, India’s deputy chef-de-mission, told TOI.
The 15-member air rifle and pistol are in Zagreb in Croatia and skeet (Italy) shooters. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra (Europe), tennis star Sania Mirza is in the UK. Wrestlers Bajrang Punia, Ravi Dahiya, and Deepak Kumar (Russia and Poland), Vinesh Phogat and Anshu (Estonia). Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu is in St Louis in the US.
Out of the 9 qualified men and women boxers and their sparring partners, 8 are training in Italy. Then will return to India on the 10th of July before they leave for Tokyo.
Verma also notified that they have acquired information from the Olympic Committee, supporting supplementary RT-PCR testing labs as requested by the IOA. “We had originally demanded approval for 13 labs, but the OC approved a total of 23 additional labs. It’s a significant number.
Now, these labs can begin the testing. For Hyderabad, no lab was approved by the OC. So, we requested them to give accreditation to two labs for RT-PCR testing. The approval hasn’t come which I believe was a complete oversight on their (OC) part. The matter will be taken up on Saturday with the OC. Hopefully, the approval will come soon.”
