Tokyo Olympics: COVID-19 infections are on the rise before the Olympics
Three athletes tested positive for COVID-19, including two that are staying at the Olympics Village.
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Three athletes tested positive for COVID-19, including two that are staying at the Olympics Village.
Olympic-bound first batch of Indian athletes' group that consisted 88 members having 54 athletes besides support staff and IOA representatives arrived the Japanese capital on Sunday morning ahead of the Tokyo Olympics.
According to OC data, the overall number of COVID instances relating to the Games has already increased to 55.
The first batch of Olympic-bound athletes leaves for Tokyo ahead of the event, on Saturday in the presence of Sports Minister Anurag Thakur.
India's shooting and boxing contingents at the Olympics would not be subject to quarantine.
Members of other disciplines arriving in Tokyo from India and a few other countries struck severely by the coronavirus are required to undergo a three-day quarantine.
The Japanese officials made no comments about the South Korean announcement.
Toshiro Muto, CEO of Tokyo 2020, confirmed that a foreign visitor involved in the Olympics organization had tested positive for coronavirus.
Local officials are now searching for the Ugandan athlete.
Both hockey teams will be awarded gold if the finalists at the Tokyo Olympics are ruled of the title clash due to COVID-19 positive cases.
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