COVID failed to deter my confidence of doing well in Olympics: Navjot
3 years, 7 months ago

COVID failed to deter my confidence of doing well in Olympics: Navjot

Hindustan Times  

Having fully recovered from COVID-19, Indian women's hockey team forward Navjot Kaur on Monday said the deadly virus couldn't deter her confidence of doing well in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. File image of Navjot Kaur Navjot was among the seven women's team players, including skipper Rani Rampal, who had tested positive for the virus after returning to the national camp here following a 10-day break. Our immediate concern was how did we get infected despite following all protocols," said Navjot. "Though we had very mild symptoms, just spending two weeks in isolation was very challenging," she said.

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Olympics Sees 40-Plus COVID Cases as Global Infections Rise: WHO
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics Sees 40-Plus COVID Cases as Global Infections Rise: WHO

Deccan Chronicle  

Geneva: More than 40 athletes at the Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19, highlighting a new global rise in cases as vaccination coverage plunges, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. Data from 84 countries shows that the percentage of positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes Covid-19 disease -- "has been rising for several weeks", she told …

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise, says WHO
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Olympics sees 40-plus Covid cases as global figures rise, says WHO

The Hindu  

More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Australian medal hope Lani Pallister pulled out of the women’s 1500m freestyle after falling ill. Data from 84 countries shows that the percentage of positive tests for SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that …

Commonwealth Games: Navjot Kaur tests positive for COVID-19, to fly back home
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Navjot Kaur tests positive for COVID-19, to fly back home

The Hindu  

India midfielder Navjot Kaur’s campaign at the Commonwealth Games came to an abrupt end as she is set to fly back home after testing positive for COVID-19. She has been cleared to fly back to India by the organisers,” a team source told PTI. Two cricket team members — Pooja Vastrakar and S. Meghana — tested positive for COVID-19 in …

Commonwealth Games: Scare of COVID-19 in Indian women's hockey team – India TV
2 years, 4 months ago

Commonwealth Games: Scare of COVID-19 in Indian women's hockey team – India TV

India TV News  

COVID-19 has hit Team India as hockey team Navjot Kaur is set to fly back home after testing positive for the virus. The 27-year-old's campaign at the Commonwealth Games came to an abrupt end as she is now replaced by Sonika in the 18-member Indian women's squad. Earlier, Kaur was kept in isolation after her COVID-19 test returned inconclusive, causing …

COVID-19 cases reported in Indian shooting team in Changwon ahead of World Cup
2 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 cases reported in Indian shooting team in Changwon ahead of World Cup

The Hindu  

The Indian shooting contingent has been hit by a COVID-19 scare in Changwon, Korea, after two officials accompanying the team tested positive for the virus on arrival ahead of the upcoming ISSF World Cup. "Both the officials tested positive on arrival at the Gimhae International Airport at around 12 PM IST," a top National Rifle Association of India official told …

Covid-19 hits India men's hockey team, striker Gurjant, coach Reid test positive
2 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hits India men's hockey team, striker Gurjant, coach Reid test positive

Hindustan Times  

The Indian men's hockey team's preparation camp for the Commonwealth Games was on Thursday been hit by a COVID-19 outbreak as five people, including striker Gurjant Singh and head coach Graham Reid, have tested positive for the virus and placed under isolation, here. "Two players and three members of the Support Staff of the Indian Men's Hockey team, currently preparing …

Five members of Indian men's hockey national camp test COVID-19 positive
2 years, 5 months ago

Five members of Indian men's hockey national camp test COVID-19 positive

The Hindu  

Hockey India announced that two players and three members of the support staff of the Indian men's team have tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. The men's team is currently preparing for the Commonwealth Games 2022 at the national camp at SAI Centre in Bengaluru. The team team had returned to the National Camp after playing against Belgium and Netherlands …

Ruturaj Gaikwad recovers from COVID-19
2 years, 10 months ago

Ruturaj Gaikwad recovers from COVID-19

The Hindu  

India batter Ruturaj Gaikwad, who had tested positive for COVID-19, has recovered and is out out of isolation. However, with skipper Rohit Sharma already making it clear that senior opener Shikhar Dhawan will open the innings in the third ODI against West Indies here on Friday, the Maharashtra player is unlikely to be considered for the inconsequential match. Ruturaj warmed …

Olympic teams raise concerns over quarantine hotels
2 years, 10 months ago

Olympic teams raise concerns over quarantine hotels

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Not enough food. I’m very tired,” Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova posted on Instagram from one of Beijing’s so-called quarantine hotels. She said she mostly survived on a few pieces of pasta because it was “impossible” to eat the rest, “but today I ate all the fat they serve instead of meat because I was very hungry.” She …

Winter Olympic Athletes Slam Conditions In COVID Quarantine Hotels
2 years, 10 months ago

Winter Olympic Athletes Slam Conditions In COVID Quarantine Hotels

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING BEIJING — Not enough food. Some Olympic athletes unlucky enough to test positive for the coronavirus at the Beijing Olympics feel their quarantine conditions are making a bad situation much worse. I’m very tired,” Russian biathlon competitor Valeria Vasnetsova posted on Instagram from one of Beijing’s so-called quarantine hotels. She said she mostly survived on a few …

COVID-19 outbreak in India’s squad at Ahmedabad
2 years, 10 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak in India’s squad at Ahmedabad

The Hindu  

At least six members of India’s squad — three players and three support staff members, including a coaching staff member — in Ahmedabad have been diagnosed COVID-19 positive ahead of Sunday’s first ODI versus the West Indies. The Hindu understands that opener Shikhar Dhawan, reserve opener Ruturaj Gaikwad and middle-order batter Shreyas Iyer’s tests returned positive. Also found positive during …

Australian Olympic athlete tests positive for COVID-19, alpine skier ruled out of Games with knee injury
2 years, 10 months ago

Australian Olympic athlete tests positive for COVID-19, alpine skier ruled out of Games with knee injury

ABC  

Australia's Winter Olympics team have been hit by a positive COVID-19 test while alpine skier Madi Hoffman will miss the Games after suffering a serious knee injury. Key points: The unidentified Australian athlete is isolating after testing positive on arrival at Beijing airport and is awaiting a second test If the second test returns a negative result the athlete may …

Virus outbreak spreading in Norway’s cross-country ski team
2 years, 10 months ago

Virus outbreak spreading in Norway’s cross-country ski team

Associated Press  

OSLO, Norway — A coronavirus outbreak is spreading inside the powerful Norwegian cross-country skiing team, with double Olympic champion Simen Hegstad Kruger becoming the third skier in two days to test positive ahead of the Beijing Games. His positive test comes after two-time overall World Cup winner Heidi Weng was among two members of Norway’s women’s team to test positive …

COVID-19 outbreak at SAI Bengaluru; 33 test positive including 16 hockey players
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 outbreak at SAI Bengaluru; 33 test positive including 16 hockey players

Firstpost  

Majority of them are asymptomatic and all of them have been isolated, SAI said but did not divulge the identities of those infected Bengaluru: Sixteen members of the senior men’s hockey team were among the 33 COVID-19 cases detected on Friday at the Sports Authority of India’s National Centre of Excellence here. “16 athletes and one coach from the Senior …

COVID plays havoc with world sport as infection rate surges
3 years ago

COVID plays havoc with world sport as infection rate surges

The Hindu  

World sport was again hit by COVID-19 infections on Thursday with football and rugby matches called off, a cricket series cancelled and holiday action in North America under threat. Manchester United’s home match against Brighton & Hove Albion became the fifth Premier League game postponed since Sunday but league officials intend to continue with the fixture schedule where safely possible …

Women's Asian Champions Trophy: India's campaign ends after player tests positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Women's Asian Champions Trophy: India's campaign ends after player tests positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

“With the health and safety of the players being paramount, the Indian Women’s Hockey Team’s match against China on 9th December will not take place,” Hockey India had tweeted on Wednesday. The Indian women’s hockey team was on Thursday forced out of the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy after one of their players tested positive for COVID-19, joining Malaysia who were …

Indian women's hockey team's ACT campaign ends due to COVID case in squad
3 years ago

Indian women's hockey team's ACT campaign ends due to COVID case in squad

The Hindu  

The Indian women's hockey team was on Thursday forced out of the ongoing Asian Champions Trophy after one of its players tested positive for COVID-19, joining Malaysia which was also forced to withdraw from the tournament after being hit by virus here. A day after the cancellation of its matches against defending champion Korea and China respectively, an Asian Hockey …

Covid-19 hits women's Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey player tests positive, match against Korea cancelled
3 years ago

Covid-19 hits women's Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey player tests positive, match against Korea cancelled

Hindustan Times  

A member of the Indian women's hockey team participating in the Asian Champions Trophy here has tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in the cancellation of its next two matches against defending champions Korea and China respectively. Covid-19 hits women's Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey player tests positive, match against Korea cancelled While India were schedule to take on hosts Korea …

Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey player tests positive for COVID-19
3 years ago

Asian Champions Trophy: Indian hockey player tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

A member of the Indian women’s hockey team participating in the Asian Champions Trophy here has tested positive for COVID-19. “The Asian Hockey Federation regrets to inform that a positive COVID test result has been received from yesterday’s routine testing for a member of Team India. The Asian Hockey Federation regrets to inform that a positive Covid test result has …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Australian athletes face 'cruel' 28 days' quarantine upon return
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Australian athletes face 'cruel' 28 days' quarantine upon return

Firstpost  

The entire Australian team, who won 17 gold medals and 46 in total, are fully vaccinated and were tested for Covid-19 almost daily in Japan. A group of Australian Olympic athletes were Wednesday facing 28 days in quarantine on return from Tokyo in a move slammed as “cruel” and “uncaring” as concerns mount over their mental wellbeing. Australian Olympic Committee …

16 new Olympics-related COVID-19 cases, but no athlete and none from Games Village
3 years, 4 months ago

16 new Olympics-related COVID-19 cases, but no athlete and none from Games Village

India TV News  

The Olympic Games organisers announced 16 new COVID-19 cases associated with the event on Wednesday but none of them were athletes. It is for the first time in four days that no COVID-19 cases were reported among Olympic athletes. The total number cases in the Games village currently stands at 19. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four new COVID-19 cases in Games Village, two of them athletes
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four new COVID-19 cases in Games Village, two of them athletes

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Four residents of the Olympic Games village, including two athletes, are among the seven new COVID-19 cases that the event organisers announced on Tuesday. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday following Rojer’s positive test result. The contingents …

KLM staff not tested for Covid before flight to Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

KLM staff not tested for Covid before flight to Olympics

NL Times  

The crew on KLM flight KL861 was not tested for coronavirus infections before the flight that transported a large number of Dutch athletes to the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the Dutch airline confirmed to RTL Nieuws. On Tuesday morning, Japanese media reported that two more athletes tested positive, including a Dutch tennis player. Newspaper AD, which had two reporters on …

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 4 new Covid-19 cases in Games village, two of them athletes
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 4 new Covid-19 cases in Games village, two of them athletes

India Today  

The Tokyo Olympics organisers on Tuesday announced that four residents of the Olympic Games village, including two athletes, are among the seven new Covid-19 cases reported. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday following Rojer''s the positive test result. …

Dutch tennis player tests positive for COVID, organizers announce 16 new cases at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch tennis player tests positive for COVID, organizers announce 16 new cases at Tokyo Olympics

India TV News  

Dutch tennis player Jean-Julien Rojer was forced to withdraw from the Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 even as the organisers announced 16 new infections at the ongoing Games here on Monday. Rojer and his doubles partner Wesley Koolhof, who were scheduled to play Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus of New Zealand, pulled out of their second-round match on Monday …

Fifth coronavirus infection tied to Dutch Olympic team; Four on one flight
3 years, 5 months ago

Fifth coronavirus infection tied to Dutch Olympic team; Four on one flight

NL Times  

The Dutch Olympic Team announced on Saturday that a fifth member of its delegation to the Olympic Games in Tokyo has tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. All three of them were on the same KLM flight that took them to Tokyo, along with another rowing team staff member who also tested positive for the infection. NOS presenter Jeroen Elshoff …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Dutch Taekwondo athlete Oogink, Czech beach volleyball player Nausch forced to pull out
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Dutch Taekwondo athlete Oogink, Czech beach volleyball player Nausch forced to pull out

Firstpost  

A total of 10 athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in Tokyo so far. Tokyo: Czech beach volleyball player Marketa Nausch and Dutch taekwondo hope Reshmie Oogink were on Thursday forced out of the Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19, taking the total number of infected athletes in the city to 10. “Marketa Nausch has passed several tests, but …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chilean taekwondo player out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chilean taekwondo player out of Games after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Japan

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Chilean Taekwondo player Fernanda Aguirre was on Wednesday ruled out of the Olympics after she tested positive for COVID-19 on arriving at the airport in Tokyo, her country’s Olympic body said. “Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for COVID-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement. Aguirre travelled to …

Tokyo 2020: One Olympic athlete not residing in Games village tests positive for Covid-19, say organisers
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: One Olympic athlete not residing in Games village tests positive for Covid-19, say organisers

India Today  

An Olympic athlete not residing in the Games village has been tested positive for the Covid-19, said the organisers on Wednesday. The pandemic-postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics began on Wednesday with Japanese women's softball pitcher Yukiko Ueno getting Games competition underway in what the head of the World Health Organization said was needed as "a celebration of hope". Rising Covid-19 cases …

WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 5 months ago

WHO leader says virus risk inevitable at Tokyo Olympics

Associated Press  

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics should not be judged by the tally of COVID-19 cases that arise because eliminating risk is impossible, the head of the World Health Organization told sports officials Wednesday as events began in Japan. “The mark of success in the coming fortnight is not zero cases,” Tedros said, noting the athletes who already tested positive in …

The Tokyo Olympics will take place in a coronavirus bubble, but weak points are already on display
3 years, 5 months ago

The Tokyo Olympics will take place in a coronavirus bubble, but weak points are already on display

ABC  

The arrival of fresh-faced young athletes at Narita Airport was meant to be a turning point for these delayed and pandemic-tainted Tokyo Olympic Games. They also negotiated with local officials to let buses of Australian athletes head straight to the village, rather than idle outside the airport until the whole team was cleared to leave. The Australian Olympic Committee's protocols …

How COVID-19 is transforming the Tokyo Olympics even before the Games start
3 years, 5 months ago

How COVID-19 is transforming the Tokyo Olympics even before the Games start

LA Times  

A worker disinfects a table tennis court at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Monday. At a news conference over the weekend, the president of the International Olympic Committee acknowledged that debate around the recently dubbed “Pandemic Games” has grown “more heated and more emotional.” “Many people feel under stress, they have to face uncertainty and then you react with some …

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 1st case of volunteer testing positive for Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Organisers report 1st case of volunteer testing positive for Covid-19

India Today  

The Tokyo Olympic organisers on Tuesday announced the first case of a Games volunteer testing positive for COVID-19 along with seven more contractors associated with the event here. On Monday, Czech beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic became the third athlete at the Olympic Games Village to test positive for COVID-19, while an American alternate woman gymnast training in Chiba prefecture …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic tests positive in Games village
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Czech Republic's beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic tests positive in Games village

India Today  

Czech Republic Olympic team has confirmed that their beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic has tested positive for Covid-19 in the Games Village in Tokyo on Monday. On Saturday, the Czech Olympic Committee reported a staff member had tested positive for Covid-19 upon landing in Tokyo for the Games starting on Friday. Perusic's case appears to be the fourth in the …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: 3 more Games-related cases detected, none athlete, confirm organisers
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: 3 more Games-related cases detected, none athlete, confirm organisers

India Today  

A day after three sportspersons, two of them staying at the athletes Village, tested positive for the virus, the Games organisers confirmed that one Olympics concerned personnel and a contractor were among three Covid-19 cases detected on Monday. Their identities were not revealed by the organisers but the South African Football Association issued a statement to make that information clear. …

Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances
3 years, 5 months ago

Zero risk? Virus cases test Olympic organizers’ assurances

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Two South African soccer players became the first athletes inside the Olympic Village to test positive for COVID-19, and other cases connected to the Tokyo Games were also confirmed Sunday, highlighting the herculean task organizers face to keep the virus contained while the world’s biggest sports event plays out. The two soccer players and a team video analyst …

Six British Olympic athletes identified as contacts of Covid passenger on their plane to Japan
3 years, 5 months ago

Six British Olympic athletes identified as contacts of Covid passenger on their plane to Japan

Daily Mail  

Six British Olympic athletes and two team staff are self-isolating in their hotel rooms in Tokyo after being identified as close contacts of a passenger who subsequently tested positive for coronavirus on their plane to Japan, the British Olympic Association has announced. A spokesperson for the British Olympic Association said: 'The BOA can confirm that six athletes and two staff …

Tokyo Olympics: South Africa football team confirms three COVID-19 positive cases
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: South Africa football team confirms three COVID-19 positive cases

The Hindu  

South Africa has confirmed three positive COVID-19 cases in its football squad to take part at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, including players Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi. Video analyst Mario Masha also tested positive on arrival in Tokyo as the team prepares to face host Japan on Thursday. READ | Tokyo Olympics: Japan football team captain Yoshida asks to …

COVID-19 scare at Olympics: Three athletes test positive for COVID-19, two staying at Olympic Village
3 years, 5 months ago

COVID-19 scare at Olympics: Three athletes test positive for COVID-19, two staying at Olympic Village

The Hindu  

Three athletes, two of them staying at the Olympic Village, have tested positive for COVID-19, the Games Organising Committee announced on July 18, the development adding to the scepticism around the troubled event which opens on July 23. A total of 10 cases were detected on the day, including five “Games concerned personnel”, one contractor, and a journalist, according to …

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Two athletes in Olympic village test positive, say official
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 hit Tokyo 2020: Two athletes in Olympic village test positive, say official

India Today  

Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported three new cases of Covid-19 infection among athletes, up from one new case a day earlier, as the population of the athlete's village swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-hit Games next week. Another unnamed athlete has also tested positive upon arrival in the Japanese capital, Tokyo 2020 said, but they are not …

Two Athletes Test Positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village: Officials
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Athletes Test Positive for Covid-19 in Olympic Village: Officials

News 18  

Two athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague was also infected, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony. The Olympic Village, a complex of apartments and dining areas in Tokyo, will house 6,700 athletes and officials at its peak when the delayed 2020 …

Tokyo Olympics: 3 South Africa football team members test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: 3 South Africa football team members test positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo

India Today  

South Africa on Sunday confirmed 3 positive Covid-19 cases in their football squad at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Notably, South Africa men's team face hosts Japan in their group stage opener on Thursday, a day before the Games officially get underway in Tokyo. The news of South African footballers testing positive for Covid-19 comes hours after the Tokyo Olympics …

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes' village, say organisers
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: First case of Covid-19 detected in Olympic athletes' village, say organisers

India Today  

A person has tested positive for Covid-19 at the Tokyo Olympics athletes' village, organisers said on Saturday, adding to concerns about infections at the Games which begin next week. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics, postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, is being held mostly without spectators and under tight quarantine rules. Several Covid-19 cases have emerged involving athletes …

Olympic Athlete Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Tokyo
3 years, 5 months ago

Olympic Athlete Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Tokyo

ABP News  

An unnamed athlete, whose identity was not disclosed, on Thursday, tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving for the Tokyo Olympics, beginning July 23, PTI reported. According to the latest COVID-19 Positive Case List published on Olympics.com, five other persons — four contractors from Japan and an official designated as a “Games-connected personnel” — have also tested positive. Meanwhile, the Australian …

Athlete Tests Positive for Covid-19 as Tokyo Olympics Opening Nears
3 years, 5 months ago

Athlete Tests Positive for Covid-19 as Tokyo Olympics Opening Nears

News 18  

An athlete in Japan and five Olympic workers, mostly contractors, have tested positive for coronavirus, Tokyo 2020 organisers said Thursday, just over a week before the opening ceremony. The news came as eight staff at a Japanese hotel hosting Brazil’s Olympic judo team tested positive, and a staff member from Russia’s rugby sevens team was hospitalised after a positive test. …

Firstpost Explains: Safety measures, COVID-19 outbreak — how organisers plan to hold Tokyo Olympics 2020 amid pandemic
3 years, 5 months ago

Firstpost Explains: Safety measures, COVID-19 outbreak — how organisers plan to hold Tokyo Olympics 2020 amid pandemic

Firstpost  

Some answers to look at ways Tokyo Olympics organisers will try to prevent infections among thousans of athletes. Tokyo: Tokyo’s Olympics will be like no other Games, with the spectre of coronavirus hanging over every part of the event, and organisers determined to prevent an outbreak. Here’s a look at some of the ways they’ll try to prevent infections among …

Two Team Visitors for 'Stay Home' Tokyo 2020 Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Team Visitors for 'Stay Home' Tokyo 2020 Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

Two visiting Olympic delegation members have tested positive for COVID-19, media said on Friday, underscoring the risk of holding the postponed Tokyo 2020 Games even after most spectators were banned from events. American 100 metres hurdles world record holder Kendra Harrison said not having fans present would make little difference in her bid to win a first Olympic medal. “You …

Two Workers in Tokyo Olympics Athletes' Village Test Positive for Covid-19
3 years, 5 months ago

Two Workers in Tokyo Olympics Athletes' Village Test Positive for Covid-19

News 18  

Two staff workers at the Athletes’ Village of the Tokyo Olympic Games have tested positive for COVID-19 virus, just 16 days before the opening ceremony of the mega event on July 23, a media report said. “The pair tested positive last week and further investigations revealed they had been eating in a group with two other village workers — in …

Serbia Olympic Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Tokyo Airport
3 years, 5 months ago

Serbia Olympic Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Tokyo Airport

News 18  

An athlete with the Serbian Olympic team has tested positive for coronavirus after arriving in Japan, less than three weeks before the Games, a host city official said Sunday. The member of the five-strong rowing team was found to have contracted the virus after a test at Tokyo’s Haneda airport upon arrival Saturday, according to an official of Nanto, a …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Eight members of Ugandan team in quarantine after coach tests positive for COVID-19
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Eight members of Ugandan team in quarantine after coach tests positive for COVID-19

Firstpost  

The nine-member delegation including boxers, coaches and officials, arrived on Saturday just over a month before the pandemic-postponed Games. Tokyo: Eight members of the Ugandan Olympic team have been quarantined in Japan until early July, a local official said Tuesday, after a coach tested positive for coronavirus on arrival last week. But despite being vaccinated and testing negative before travel, …

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