Serbian National Team Visiting Japan Ahead of Olympics Tests Positive for COVID-19... Second Case After Uganda

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunwoo Lee] Japanese health authorities are on high alert after one Serbian national team athlete tested positive for COVID-19 upon arriving in Japan to participate in the Tokyo Olympics. This marks the second confirmed case following a Ugandan national team athlete, intensifying concerns over safety.

According to NHK on the 4th, one Serbian national team athlete who arrived in Japan the previous day to participate in the Tokyo Olympic rowing events tested positive for COVID-19 at the quarantine station of Tokyo Haneda Airport. Later that same night, another athlete in his 30s from the same team also tested positive.

The Serbian athlete who tested positive is currently receiving care at a designated facility, while the remaining four team members are quarantined at a facility near the airport due to possible close contact. They were originally scheduled to train together in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, but this is expected to be canceled.

With this, the number of foreign national team athletes who tested positive after arriving in Japan for the Olympics has increased to three from two countries. The Ugandan team, which arrived in Japan on the 19th of last month, had one confirmed case each at the airport and the training hotel.

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