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Despite strict hygiene rules, the first corona case occurred in the Olympic Village in Tokyo on Saturday (July 17th, 21st). There was no more precise information about the person concerned.
Less than a week before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the first corona case was discovered in the Olympic Village. The organizers announced that one person in the residential complex had tested positive.
“This was the very first case in the village that was reported during the screening test,” said an organizing committee spokesman. The person concerned is now housed in a hotel. Thousands of people will live in the athletes’ village during the games.
No more detailed information about the person concerned
Japanese media reported that the person who tested positive was from abroad. It was not disclosed whether it was an athlete or a member of a supervisory staff.
OK chief Seiko Hashimoto assured that the organizers are ready to react quickly if there is a major outbreak. “We are doing everything we can to prevent an outbreak of COVID. Should an outbreak occur, we will make sure we have a plan to respond,” she said.
IOC President Thomas Bach assessed the rapid detection and intervention as a sign of the effectiveness of the protective measures. “Around 15,000 athletes, officials and other accredited athletes arrived from July 1st to July 16th. All were tested upon arrival. Of them 15 were positive. That’s a very low rate, 0.1 percent. All of them were immediately isolated and are.” therefore no danger to other participants or the Japanese population, “said Bach.
Due to the increasing number of infections in Tokyo, the state of emergency applies there for the time of the Summer Games (July 23 to August 8). With a few exceptions, spectators are not admitted to the competitions. The Japanese population is largely skeptical about the summer games, which have been postponed by a year amid the pandemic.