The next Corona case in the Olympic Village

Beach volleyball player Ondrej Perusic was affected, the Czech National Olympic Committee announced on Monday. In the morning, the Olympic organizers had declared that after the first two corona cases in the Olympic village, no further new infections among athletes had been detected there. Perusic showed no symptoms of illness, but a PCR test confirmed the result of a previous rapid test, said delegation leader Martin Doctor. According to the information, the 26-year-old athlete was separated from the other athletes and taken to a hotel specifically designed for such cases. Due to the quarantine rules, he will not be allowed to compete in the Olympic beach volleyball tournament on July 26th with his colleague David Pigner, it was said. The Czech delegation wants to negotiate a postponement of the meeting. US gymnast also affected A gymnast from the USA also tested positive at a training camp, as the city of Inzai told the Kyodo news agency, where the Americans are preparing. In their Corona daily report published on Monday morning, the Olympic organizers announced that there were three newly identified cases - an Olympic employee, a temporary worker and a journalist. The number of corona infections officially registered by the Olympic organizers in the Olympic environment since July 1st has officially increased to 58. The day before, ten new cases were identified, including three athletes. Among those affected were two footballers from the South African team who already lived in the Olympic village. “We are keeping the risk minimal, but it is inevitable that we will have some cases,” Christophe Dubi, Olympic director of the International Olympic Committee, said on Sunday. “We believe we have the situation under control,” said Hidemasa Nakamura, head of the organizing committee’s relevant department.

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The next Corona case in the Olympic Village

Before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, the third athlete in the athletes' village tested positive for the coronavirus.

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