Olympics-South Africa rugby coach tests COVID positive


FILE PHOTO: Members of South Africa team wait to be tested for coronavirus (COVID-19) at Narita international airport ahead of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Narita, east of Tokyo, Japan July 17, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

(Reuters) - South Africa’s Sevens rugby coach Neil Powell has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Sunday, a fourth confirmed infection for the country ahead of the Olympics.

Powell tested positive on arrival in Japan and is in isolation in Kagashima where the Sevens squad are at a pre-Games training camp.

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