People pose in front of the Olympic in front of the National Stadium, the main stadium of Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
July 23, 2021
TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympics organisers are grappling with a shortage of COVID-19 testing kits needed for their daily testing programme, with competitors staying at the athletes’ village in Tokyo not tested as scheduled due to the shortfall, broadcaster NHK reported.
Athletes who arrived at the village on Monday were not tested as planned, NHK reported on Friday citing unnamed sources. The broadcaster quoted organisers as saying that more testing kits have since arrived and are being distributed.
The organisers did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
Source: One America News Network
