Tokyo Olympics: Olympics Village becomes Covid-19 cluster after 9 new COVID-19 cases get reported

As foreign contingents start reaching Tokyo Olympics village, and more tests get conducted, news of athletes and officials testing positive is also coming out. On Tuesday it was confirmed that one more person associated with the Olympics tested positive.

According to Kyodo News, eight more people related to the Tokyo Olympics tested positive for the coronavirus. Earlier, a female gymnast from the USA tested positive for COVID-19 at her pre-Tokyo Olympic training camp. The athlete was training in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture.

The name of the athlete has not been revealed that the teenage athlete is a female participant. On Monday, the Czech Republic’s beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic tested positive ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Ondrej is asymptomatic but in isolation according to the rules.

This was the second case in the Czech team. An official was revealed to be COVID positive (by a test) after the contingent’s arrival at the airport.

On Sunday, eight members of Great Britain’s Olympic team were asked to isolate themselves. They came in touch with someone who had tested positive for the virus.

The six athletes and two members of support staff had tested negative before departing for Tokyo and upon arrival. However, they were still asked to isolate, as per guidelines, reported Sky News.

However, the person who tested positive for COVID-19 is not a member of Team Great Britain, clarified the British Olympic Association. Three members of South Africa’s men’s under-23 football team also tested positive for the virus and are in isolation in the Tokyo 2020 facility.