FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - Queen's Club Championships - Queen's Club, London, Britain - June 19, 2021 Australia's Alex De Minaur in action during his quarter final match against Italy's Matteo Berrettini Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
TOKYO (Reuters) -A Nigerian Olympic delegate became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said on Friday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the showpiece event starts.
The individual, a non-athlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the airport with mild symptoms but was hospitalised because of age and pre-existing conditions, the broadcaster said, without giving details.
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