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Members of the Ugandan Olympic team
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One month before the start of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, there is the first corona case among incoming athletes.
The Japanese government announced that a member of the Olympic team from Uganda tested positive for the virus upon arrival at Narita International Airport near Tokyo and was prevented from entering.
The team from Uganada, which participates in the boxing, weightlifting and swimming competitions, is the second group from abroad after the women's softball team from Australia who traveled to games.
The athlete had a negative test report before departure
The unnamed athlete from Uganda was vaccinated like his teammates and, as required, submitted a negative test report within 72 hours before leaving for Japan, reported the Japanese news agency Kyodo.
The mayor of Izumisano, Hiroyasu Chiyomatsu, said that the other eight team members who had traveled would be asked not to train for the time being and to be tested daily for the corona virus.
The team's departure from Uganda was delayed by three days because the number of infections in the African country had risen.
According to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), 80 percent of the athletes in the Olympic Village will be vaccinated.
The Olympic Games had been postponed for a year because of the pandemic.
They should now take place from July 23rd to August 8th.
mas / dpa