COVID hits Tokyo 2020: Chilean Taekwondo player, Dutch skateboarder out of Olympics after testing positive
Aguirre tested positive in an on-arrival test at the airport here, while Jacobs’ result was revealed at the Games village, making her the sixth resident of the facility to be detected with the infection.
“Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for Covid-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement.
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Jacobs posted a message on her Instagram page to announce that her Olympic campaign was now over.
“I am heartbroken. Unfortunately I tested positive for COVID-19 this morning, which means my Olympic journey ends here…have done everything in my power to prevent this scenario and took all the precautions,” she posted.
Aguirre travelled to Tokyo from Uzbekistan with negative COVID report but tested positive in both the antigen and PCR tests conducted at the airport here, following which she was quarantined at a designated facility.
