Tokyo 2020, 7 new infections related to the Games

The organizers of the games reported seven new coronavirus infections at the Tokyo Olympics, bringing the total number of infections from July 1 to 155. The number includes two athletes, one of them a Dutch tennis player, organizers explained. The total number of positive athletes thus rises to 18. Dutch men’s doubles tennis players Jean-Julien Rojer and teammate Wesley Koolhof withdrew from the Olympics on Monday after Rojer became the sixth Dutch athlete to test positive for covid-19. According to the organizers, the two athletes both lived in the village. The others are three game-related officials, a contractor and a member of the organizing committee. Of the seven, five were from overseas, they said, adding that 37,579 people from foreign countries entered Japan for the games. The number of covid-19 infections, drawn up by the organizers from 1 July, excludes those announced by central and local governments.