Published July 18, 2021, 11:01 AM
People take pictures with the Olympic rings outside the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Two athletes have become the first to test positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village, officials said on Sunday, just days before the pandemic-delayed Games open.
The cases will heighten concerns over the Olympics, which are facing opposition in Japan over fears they will bring new cases to a country already battling a surge in infections.
A daily tally of new cases revealed two athletes tested positive in the Village and one elsewhere. They come a day after an unidentified person, who was not a competitor, became the first case in the Village.