Olympic athlete, staff member test positive for COVID

• Infectious disease experts say the Olympics don't have strong enough protocols for testing or ventilation, either in competition venues or in the Olympic village, Axios' Tina Reed writes.

Details: The unidentified athlete and staff member tested positive one day apart. Both are in a two-week quarantine period.

• The other four are local contractors.
• International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said Thursday that "[r]isk for the other residents of Olympic village and risk for the Japanese people is zero," Reuters reports.
• But health experts fear the Olympics could become a superspreader event.

The big picture: Tokyo reported 1,308 new cases on Thursday, per AP. It's the city's highest daily total since late January. The country itself has a 19% vaccination rate.

• In a bid to prevent the virus from spreading, Japan's government has banned spectators from events. The country also extended its state of emergency.
• Olympic athletes will hang medals around their own necks in a departure from previous ceremonies.
• Members of the Olympic refugee team will make a delayed arrival to Tokyo due to the staffer's positive case.

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