Six Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Staff Members Test Positive for COVID-19

People wearing masks look on during a rehearsal of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics torch relay in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 15, 2020. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images

The Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay started in Japan on March 25. At the end of April, six staff members involved with the relay in Kagoshima Prefecture in southern Japan were confirmed to have tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.

The organizers reminded all personnel involved to abide by epidemic control rules.