Chilean Taekwondo player out of Olympics after testing positive for COVID-19 on arrival in Tokyo

“Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for COVID-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement

Chilean Taekwondo player Fernanda Aguirre was on July 21 ruled out of the Olympics after she tested positive for COVID-19 on arriving at the airport in Tokyo, her country’s olympic body said. “Fernanda Aguirre has tested positive for COVID-19 in the tests carried out on her arrival in Japan,” Chile’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement. Aguirre travelled to Tokyo from Uzbekistan with negative COVID-19 report but tested positive in both the antigen and PCR tests conducted at the airport here, following which she was quarantined at a designated facility.