Olympics: 1st Japanese athlete tests positive for COVID-19 in Beijing

The Japanese Olympic Committee on Wednesday announced the first positive coronavirus case among Japanese athletes attending the Beijing Games.The JOC said a "skier" has tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday in Beijing after testing negative before departing for China. The athlete's name has not been released due to the JOC's privacy policy, although it was confirmed the person is asymptomatic.The positive test was one of 32 reported by the organizing committee on Wednesday, 15 of which were detected in airport screening and another 17 from among those who had already entered the Be…READ FULL ARTICLE