IOC President Thomas Bach acknowledges passers-by from his car in Tokyo on July 8. (Pool)
International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Thursday there was zero risk of Games participants infecting Japanese residents with COVID-19, as cases hit a six-month high in the host city.
Bach said Olympics athletes and delegations had undergone more than 8,000 coronavirus tests, resulting in three positive results. Risk for the other residents of Olympic village and risk for the Japanese people is zero, he added.
The three cases have been placed in isolation and their close contacts are also in quarantine, Bach said at the beginning of talks with Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike and Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto.
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