Deputy head of Japan Olympic Committee contracts Covid-19

By AFP
March 17, 2020 @ 6:39pm

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 9, 2018, Japan Football Association chairman and Japan's Olympic Committee deputy head Kozo Tashima holds a press conference in Tokyo. - Japan Olympic Committee's deputy chief Kozo Tashima said on March 17, 2020 he tested positive to the coronavirus, as doubts increases over whether Tokyo can safely host the summer Games. (Photo by Toshifumi KITAMURA / AFP)

TOKYO: Japan Olympic Committee’s deputy chief Kozo Tashima said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus, as doubts increase over whether Tokyo can safely host the summer Games.

“Today, my test result showed positive for the new coronavirus,” Tashima said in a statement, issued via the Japan Football Association, which he also heads. - AFP

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