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Two Athletes Have Tested Positive For COVID-19 Inside The Olympic Village

With the Tokyo Games less than a week away, the positive tests are the first among athletes inside the Olympic Village.
A staff member guides a taxi at one of the entrances at the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Tokyo.

With less than a week before the opening ceremonies begin at this year's Tokyo games, at least two players on the South African soccer team have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Olympic Village.

The two players, Thabiso Monyane and Kamohelo Mahlatsi, are the first athletes to test positive for the coronavirus at the site of the Olympic Village in the Japanese capital. A video analyst for the

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