World Rowing confirms first COVID-19 case at Olympic qualifier in Tokyo Wednesday, 5 May 2021
World Rowing has confirmed a member of the Sri Lankan team has tested positive for coronavirus at the Asia and Oceania Olympic and Paralympic qualifier in Japanese capital Tokyo.
The team support member was found to have contracted COVID-19 after producing positive antigen and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.
World Rowing said the rest of the Sri Lankan team returned negative results after follow-up antigen and PCR tests.
It also confirmed it was the only positive case after 320 tests were carried out today and yesterday with all participants tested.
Runners for a pre-Olympic test event race through a street in Sapporo’s nightlife district of Susukino on May 5. (Hikaru Uchida)
SAPPORO Residents here were told to stay home while others were urged to stay away from the city.
But such precautions against the resurgent spread of the novel coronavirus in Sapporo did not deter Tokyo Olympic organizers from holding a rehearsal event that brought more than 2,000 people to the central streets of the city on May 5.
The Hokkaido-Sapporo Marathon Festival 2021 was held amid heavy security, as well as stricter anti-virus measures, at least for residents and businesses in the Hokkaido capital.
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As the Tokyo Olympics approach, one of the foremost priorities of the organisers is to ensure that the Games are conducted in a safe environment for the athletes and the rest of the supporting staff. Towards this end, the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Government of Japan have agreed upon a number of measures for ensuring the safe organisations of the Games.
These measures are stated in the second and revised edition of the Tokyo 2020 Playbook which was released on April 28, 2021. The revised Playbook sets out the responsibilities of athletes and team officials, and should be considered alongside wider information received from your National Olympic Committee (NOC)/National Paralympic Committee (NPC).