Tokyo Olympics 2020: Four new COVID-19 cases in Games Village, two of them athletes
FirstpostTokyo: 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 that have been hit by COVID-19 after landing in Tokyo include Czech Republic, the USA, Chile, South Africa and the Netherlands among others. Of these, the Czech Republic is inquiring into possible health safety protocol violations by its contingent after four athletes tested positive for the virus, forcing withdrawals from beach volleyball and road cycling events.