If a member of an Olympic delegation tests positive for the novel coronavirus upon entering Japan, the government will arrange a special bus at the airport to transport people who are suspected of being in close contact with that person.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry made the decision in response to the recent case in which one member of the Uganda Olympic team tested positive at the airport and another tested positive a few days later.
The aim is to separate people who may have been in close contact with the infected person, such as people who were seated on the plane close to the person, from other members of the delegation and local government officials concerned with the training camps.
The Uganda Olympic team arrived at Narita Airport on June 19 for their training camp. One member tested positive upon entry, while the remaining eight people who tested negative at the airport traveled on a chartered bus to Izumi-Sano, Osaka Prefecture, their training base. On Wednesday, another member was confirmed to be positive.
The Izumi-Sano city government on Thursday announced that three city government officials, two drivers and two others who accompanied the team have been identified as close contacts.
Through June 13, four people had tested positive among the 2,925 people from Olympic delegations or with other ties to the Games who have entered Japan this year, according to the Cabinet Secretariat. The four people came from four countries, France in February, Egypt in April, Sri Lanka in May and Ghana in June.
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