Published on : 18/07/2021 – 18:15
football d’Afrique du Sud, installés dans le village olympique des JO de Tokyo, ont été testés positifs au Covid-19. Ce qui fait craindre un foyer de contamination à cinq jours de la cérémonie d’ouverture.">
Three members of the South African football team, installed in the Olympic village of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, have tested positive for Covid-19. Which raises fears of a source of contamination five days before the opening ceremony.
Two players from the South African football team, as well as a member of the management, installed in the Olympic Village of the Olympic Games in Tokyo have tested positive for Covid-19, announced this Sunday, July 18, the South Olympic Committee. -african (SASCOC).
They are Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi, for the players, and the team’s video analyst. All three were placed in solitary confinement. ” The rest of the team underwent two negative tests and are being followed up as recommended by local medical authorities “SASCOC said in a statement.
South Africa is part of France’s group in the Olympic Games men’s tournament. She must face the “Blues” next Sunday (July 25).
A case in the rugby sevens team too
The South African Olympic Committee also clarified that a fourth member of the South African delegation, a rugby sevens coach, was also placed in solitary confinement following a positive test for Covid-2019 carried out in Kagashima ( south of Japan) where the team has been in preparation since Saturday. The South African rugby federation said in a statement that it was the coach of the “Blitzboks” Neil Powell and that he had been placed in solitary confinement for fourteen days.
These are not the first cases of Covid-19 linked to the Games, since the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has identified 55 positive tests among the 30,000 carried out on 18,000 athletes, supervisors, officials or journalists who arrived in Japan since July 1. . This represents less than 0.2% of positive tests.
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