Tokyo Olympic Games they will start on July 23 and will last until August 8. Imprezajust like the football Euro 2020, it was postponed by a year due to the pandemic.
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The pandemic, however, still makes itself known. Football association RPA informed that Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi had tested positive for the coronavirus. The same happened to the team’s analyst, Mario Masha, and the entire team is currently in quarantine awaiting the results of the next tests.
This is not the only coronavirus problem in the South African Olympic team. Also, the seven-person rugby team coach Neil Powell was infected with the virus, but outside the Olympic Village. He is currently in isolation in Kagashimo, where his team is at the training camp.
– We have three positive COVID-19 cases at the training camp. Two of the players and one of a staff member – confirmed the manager of the South African football team, Mxolisi Sibam.
– Olympians have daily checks in the form of temperature measurements and saliva tests. Masha and Monyane reported an elevated temperature and a positive saliva test and were taken to the PCR test. It turned out that their results were positive, even though the team had already been tested before. Later, the same procedure happened to Mahlatsi, added Sibam.
It is worth adding that there are also eight members of the athletics team in quarantine Great Britainwho had contact with an infected person. On Saturday and Sunday, the organizers informed about a total of 25 positive cases with the media, staff and organizers of the games.
In Tokyo alone, 1,000 new infections are recorded every day. In the capital of Japan, residents do not hide their negative attitude towards the biggest sports event in the world. IN Such For the duration of the Games, a state of emergency was introduced, so that all the struggles will take place without the participation of the public.
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