COVID check: Two South African footballers test positive

TOKYO: Two South African footballers -- right-back Thabiso Monyane and mid-fielder Kamohelo Mahlatsi -- have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus inside the Olympic Village on Sunday.

Earlier, the video analyst accompanying the South African team, Mario Masha, had tested positive on arrival at the airport in Tokyo. The rest of the members in the team are under quarantine and awaiting the results of further tests.

South Africa will open their Olympic campaign against Japan on July 22. "We have three positive cases of COVID-19 in the camp here, two players and an official. There is daily screening. Masha and Monyane reported high temperatures and positive saliva tests, and were then taken to do the nasal test… and they unfortunately tested positive for Covid-19. Mahlatsi is the latest player to go through the same process," team manager Mxolisi Sibam told The Guardian. IANS

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