First COVID-19 case emerges in Olympic Games Village

TOKYO: Six days before the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, a "non-athlete person" tested positive for COVID-19 in the Games Village. The organizing committee confirmed on Saturday that a case had been detected in the Village.

"There was one person in the Village. That was the very first case in the Village that was reported during the screening test," said Masa Takaya, spokesperson for the Tokyo organising committee, in a press conference.

The person has been removed from the Village and transferred to a medical facility. IANS

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