A resident of the Olympic village has tested positive for Covid-19, organisers have confirmed.
Officials have confirmed the person in question is “games-concerned personnel” and not an athlete.
The Games begin in just under a week on 23 July.
Tokyo officials including Seiko Hashimoto, the president of the organizing committee, confirmed the case and said the positive test was Friday. Organizers say for confidentiality purposes they can only offer a vague description and few details.
"In the current situation, that positive cases arise is something we must assume is possible," said Toshiro Muto, the CEO of the Tokyo organizing committee.
The person in question is listed as a non-resident of Japan who has now been placed in a 14-day quarantine.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said in all there had been 15 positive cases among around 15,000 athletes, officials and other accredited people who had arrived in Japan between 1 July and 16.
“This is a very low rate of 0.1 per cent,” Bach told reporters at a press conference. “It goes without saying that all the concerned people were immediately isolated and in this way they do not pose any risk to other participants or the Japanese population.
“The close contacts of these people have been identified and are subject to the relevant anti-Covid protocols. This shows the measures are not only in place, but that they are working and that they are enforced.”
The Olympic Village on Tokyo Bay will house about 11,000 athletes during the Olympics and thousands of other staff.
Additional reporting by AP
