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Fujitsu Corporate Team Athlete Tests Positive for Coronavirus at Hokkaido Training Camp

On Aug. 20 a spokesperson for the Fujitsu corporate team, which counts Tokyo Olympics marathon trials winner Shogo Nakamura, 27, among its members, revealed that a team member in their 20s had tested positive for the coronavirus while on a team training camp in Hokkaido. Nakamura was not part of the training camp and could not have been among those to have come in close contact with the infected athlete.

According to Hokkaido officials and other sources, the infected athlete fell ill on Aug. 3. Complaining of a sore throat and of feeling tired, the athlete was found to have a fever of 37.2˚C and was taken to a hospital. The positive test result came back on Aug. 5. The athlete was hospitalized, but with only mild symptoms has already been discharged.

Translator's note: Fujitsu's Naoki Tsukahara was the first high-profile athlete in Japan to test positive for the coronavirus back in March. Like this case, after being hospitalized he was later discharged without problems.

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