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Africa-Press<\/a> – Kenya<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Tokyo Olympics organisers on Saturday reported the first case of Covid-19 at the athletes’ village, along with 14 other new cases connected to the Games that begin next week, raising fresh doubts over promises of a “safe and secure” event.<\/p>\n

The latest cases are a blow to the local organisers and the International Olympic Committee, who have insisted the Games will not become a super-spreader event.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo organisers confirmed that a visitor from abroad working for the Olympics had tested positive in a routine check on Friday.<\/p>\n

The person’s nationality was not revealed due to privacy concerns.<\/p>\n

The other cases included two members of the media, seven contractors and five Games personnel.<\/p>\n

The case at the athletes’ village, a 44-hectare site built on Tokyo’s waterfront, is particularly worrying as the majority of the 11,000 competitors will be staying there.<\/p>\n

IOC President Thomas Bach, facing unprecedented opposition to an Olympics days before it starts, acknowledged the concerns in the Japanese public but urged them to welcome the athletes.<\/p>\n

Bach said he was hoping domestic sporting success could help shift the mood from what he said bordered on the aggressive to something more supportive.<\/p>\n

“We are well aware of the scepticism a number of people have here in Japan. We ask and invite the Japanese people, humbly, to welcome and support the athletes from around the world,” Bach told a news conference.<\/p>\n

“We are also confident once the Japanese people will see the Japanese athletes successfully performing in the Olympic Games then the attitude may become less emotional.”<\/p>\n

DAMAGE CONTROL<\/b><\/p>\n

Originally intended to showcase Japan’s recovery from its 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster, the Tokyo Olympics has become an exercise in damage limitation.<\/p>\n

Postponed for a year due to the global pandemic, it is being held mostly without spectators and under tight quarantine rules.<\/p>\n

Most athletes are starting to arrive for the Games, which run from July 23 through August 8.<\/p>\n

The Japanese public has been wary about hosting the Games at all amid a resurgence in new coronavirus infections and worries that an influx of visitors may create a super-spreader event, straining an already-stretched medical system.<\/p>\n

Only around 20 per cent of the population is fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n

Although Japan has escaped the explosive outbreaks of other nations, it has recorded more than 820,000 cases and about 15,000 deaths.<\/p>\n

The number of new cases in host city Tokyo, which is in its fourth state of emergency over the virus, has been over 1,000 for four straight days.<\/p>\n

Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto also acknowledged the public’s concerns.<\/p>\n

“I understand that there are still many worrying factors. Organisers must try to make sure that people understand that these games are safe and secure,” she told a news conference on Saturday.<\/p>\n

So far, more than 40 people involved in the Games, including Japanese and foreigners, have tested positive for the virus.<\/p>\n

Toshiro Muto, chief of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, said on Saturday officials were working on the assumption that there would be positive COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n

A key part of the anti-contagion measures is daily saliva testing of the athletes who take part, as well as frequent testing of others involved in the event.<\/p>\n

Visitors’ movements are also due to be monitored and restricted.<\/p>\n

But in a sign that the organisers were already finding rules difficult to enforce, Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko went missing from his team’s training site in Osaka on Friday.<\/p>\n

Authorities are still looking for him, according to Games organisers.<\/p>\n

Media reports said he left behind a note saying he wanted to stay and work in Japan, as life in Uganda was difficult.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Ritsuko Ando; Additional reporting by Karolos Grohman; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman, Kim Coghill and Hugh Lawson)<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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