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By North Asia correspondent Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada in Tokyo.
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"They've picked up this [person]Â who's tested positive, so we see that as a good thing.
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"The uncertain element is the spread of the Delta variant and the people's movements during the Olympic Games and [northern hemisphere] summer holidays," he said. .
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Australia's top ranked tennis player tested positive on July 16 before departing for Tokyo and was out of the team
On the same day, an Olympic athlete under a 14-day quarantine period has tested positive in Tokyo
And eight members of the Kenyan women's rugby team, who were set to hold a training camp in Kurume, were classified as close contacts of a passenger on their flight to Tokyo who tested positive for COVID-19, a city official said
The eight athletes had all tested negative on arrival at the airport, the official added, and will be staying at an accommodation facility in Tokyo until the Games