⚠️BREAKING #CoronavirusUpdate #Tokyo2020 A member of the 🇺🇬Ugandan national team tests positive for #COVID19 after showing unclear results in the preliminary antigen test when they arrived to Narita. The rest of the members are already en route to their Olympic Village.
https://twitter.com/tkatsumi06j/status/1406281879100084225
According to @asahi , @UgandaOlympics team member tested positive after inconclusive antigen test results. All 9 members were fully vaccinated with #AstraZeneca vaccine and took two PCR tests within 96 hours of departure. They all carried negative proof.
asahi.com/articles/ASP6N…
asahi.com/articles/ASP6N…
The team arrived in Narita with around 80 passengers onboard a Qatar Airlines flight at around 6PM on Saturday. After taking a preliminary antigen test, one of the members’s results were inconclusive and then tested positive in the 3rd PCR. Measures taken after that is unknown.
Kyodo via @nikkei reported that the remaining 8 members have headed to their Olympic host town in Osaka in a charted bus. According to the Cabinet Secretariat, the one member who tested positive was denied entry to Japan in accordance with the rules.
nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…
nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…
This is likely the @qatarairways flight that arrived today at Narita around 18PM from Doha. The Olympic organizers must take responsibility to notify & safeguard the more than 80 passengers and any possible contact en route from Uganda.
narita-airport.jp/en/flight/toda…
narita-airport.jp/en/flight/toda…
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