He is a foreign official, whose nationality was not disclosed for privacy reasons, the first person tested positive for Covid inside the Olympic Village of the Tokyo Games that will begin next Friday. The news of the first case of coronavirus in the area that organizers and the International Olympic Committee had promised to be “the safest place” in Tokyo was the CEO of Tokyo 2020, Toshiro Muto during a press conference.
The person, now in quarantine for 14 days, was found positive at screening in the main village of Harumi, near the media press center (MPC) and many Olympic venues in the Japanese capital. The previous check at the airport upon arrival in Japan had not revealed the presence of the virus. The organizers say that since July 1st and until today, 44 people under their “jurisdiction” have tested positive and no cases have involved people living in the Village. Of the 44, only 12 are classified as “not resident in Japan”.
“We are making sure we do everything possible to ensure that there is no outbreak of Covid-19 – said Tokyo 2020 president Seiko Hashimoto – We are not sparing efforts, we are doing everything possible to prevent any outbreaks. If there is an outbreak, we will make sure we have a plan to deal with it. ‘ Tokyo yesterday recorded 1,271 new cases of coronavirus, the third consecutive day in which the total number of infections exceeded 1,000.