Two Olympic Athletes Have Covid; N.Y. Cases Rise: Virus Update Bloomberg 19 mins ago (Bloomberg) -- Two athletes tested positive for Covid-19 in Tokyo’s Olympic Village, less than a week before the opening ceremony of the games. Southeast Asia continues to reel from a wave of infections that has made the region an epicenter of the virus. Thailand reported a record 11,397 new infections, while Indonesian President Joko Widodo urged his ministers to adopt a “sense of crisis” as the country overtook Brazil in daily cases to become the worst in the world. In the U.K., Health Secretary Sajid Javid tested positive, two days before England lifts almost all Covid-19 curbs, even as Britain registered more than 50,000 new cases. Thousands took to the streets in France to protest President Emmanuel Macron’s move to pressure people into getting Covid-19 vaccinations.