News flash: According to the latest news on January 26th, the Japanese Football Association (JFA) has issued an urgent notice revealing that a security officer in charge of the Chinese national team's security duties has tested positive for the new crown. Fortunately, members of the Chinese national soccer team did not have close contact with him. This is the second time in recent memory that an employee in charge of the national soccer team's security has been diagnosed with the disease, and the staff member has now stopped working.
Here are the details of the official announcement from the Japanese Football Association:
During routine testing conducted today, we found that another security officer in charge of the Chinese team's hotel accommodation tested positive for the new coronavirus. Previously, the officer tested negative for nucleic acid before starting work on Wednesday, January 19th, Friday, January 21st and Sunday, January 23rd, and after starting work on Monday, January 24th. It has been confirmed that the security officer has been suspended from work and that the staff, players and other relevant personnel of the Chinese national soccer team have not been his close contacts. As a result, China's scheduled match on Thursday, January 27 will not be affected. At the same time, we have also clarified that the person in question is not a positive case as previously discovered yesterday (Monday).
