Serbian Olympic Rower Tests Positive For Covid
A member of Serbia's Olympic rowing team has tested positive for the coronavirus after arriving at Tokyo's Haneda Airport.
The team is the second delegation with a confirmed case of the virus after two members of Uganda's team tested positive in Japan last month.
The rower in his 30's tested positive at an airport quarantine station on Saturday. His four teammates have been designated as close contacts. All the members have been placed under a two-week quarantine.
Nanto City in Toyama Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast is planning to cancel the Serbian team's pre-games training it was to host till July 18th.
Japanese authorities have introduced stricter border control measures for Olympians and other officials.
The revision was in response to criticism of the poor handling of the Uganda team. It took three days for the health authorities to identify and isolate the close contacts of the infected member.