On June 26, Beijing time, Japan’s Olympic Minister Marukawa Suyo confirmed that a member of the Ugandan Olympic delegation participating in the Tokyo Olympics was positive for the new crown virus, and at the same time it was determined to be a new variant of the new crown virus (delta strain), the Japanese side immediately formulated A policy. If the virus is confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus through the airport quarantine, people who may be in close contact with the new coronavirus will be transferred to a special bus as a preventive measure for those participating in the Tokyo Olympics.
The remaining eight members of the Uganda Olympic delegation were transferred to Izumisano City, Osaka Prefecture without being certified as intensive contact personnel at the airport, where the team’s reserve camp will be held.
After the Public Health Center proved that all eight players and city employees were close contacts, one more person was confirmed as an infected person. Four municipal employees who accompanied the bus or were in charge of inspections and four bus drivers were also identified as close contacts. The health center has been criticized for its lenient measures, especially the host city’s vague certification and tracking of close contacts.
With the increasing impact of the incident, there are only less than 30 days left until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, which has been postponed for one year. Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) has formulated a policy: If the virus is confirmed through the airport quarantine, people who may be in close contact with the new coronavirus will be transferred to a special bus as a participant Waterside measures for the personnel of the Tokyo Olympics.
Hashimoto Seiko, chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, said at a press conference on the 25th: “We must study this case and use it as a reference for accepting athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, including how they should move and what they should do in the athlete’s village. How to isolate.”
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will soon discuss the matter with the Olympic Organizing Committee, and finalize the plan, which will be further upgraded in the future. If those who are in close contact with the virus are not separated, the number of infected people and those in close contact with the virus will not increase during transportation. The reason why only people who may have been in close contact with the virus are allowed to board the car is to prevent incidents similar to the Ugandan delegation from happening again.
If it is an international flight, the person sitting in front of or behind the positive person within two rows is considered to be a possible close contact.
Hashimoto said: “We must be prepared to respond to the changing infection situation immediately and consider how to deal with viewers, including those without viewers, if the government declares a state of emergency or issues priority measures to prevent the spread of the disease after the 12th of next month. We hope to hold a five-party meeting as soon as possible.”
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