One Olympics-concerned personnel and a contractor were among three COVID-19 cases detected on Monday by the Games organisers, a day after three sportspersons—two of them staying at the athletes' Village—tested positive for the virus.
The Games-concerned personnel is based in Chiba. The third case is of a journalist who had travelled for the event and was under 14-day quarantine in Tokyo. The contractor is based in Saitama.
The three cases were revealed by the organising committee in its daily update of COVID-19 cases. The total number of Games-related cases now stands at 58.
On Sunday, the first instance of athletes staying at the village catching the infection came to light. The two were South African football players.
Their identities were not revealed by the organisers, but the South African Football Association issued a statement to make that information clear. The third infected athlete is staying at a designated Games hotel and his/her identity is not yet known.
A total of 10 cases were detected on Sunday, including five Games-concerned personnel, one contractor and a journalist.
South African football team
NHK, Japan's public broadcaster, reported on Monday 21 people had been found "to have close contact with members of the South African men's soccer squad and staff who have tested positive". Most of these 21 people were players.
Japan is scheduled to play South Africa in Tokyo on the opening day of football matches on July 22 (Thursday).
NHK quoted the Olympic Organising Committee as saying "players who have had close contact with infected people can play if PCR tests conducted about six hours beforehand come back negative, in addition to other requirements".
(With PTI inputs)