New Delhi, 21 June 2021

As per news report of BBC, the event was postponed last year, but is now going ahead despite a fresh wave of Covid-19 cases in Japan. Uganda is also experiencing a surge in cases, which forced the government to tighten lockdown measures on Friday. The unnamed Ugandan was part of a nine-member squad who had all been fully vaccinated, reports said. The group - who included boxers, coaches, and officials - had also tested negative before leaving Uganda. However, one of them tested positive on arrival at Tokyo's Narita airport on Saturday, and was quarantined at a government-designated facility, Japanese officials were quoted by local media as saying.

Source -BBC

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