No Indian athletes have tested positive
No Indian athletes have tested positive all are safe. Close Contact protocol means that someone else from another country has tested positive, from the same flight as Paralympian Mr. Mariyappan, so only as a precautionary measure, he & others from the same flight have to quarantine.
No Indian athletes have tested positive, all are safe.
Hours before the 4:30 pm IST opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Indian flag-bearer Mariyappan Thangavelu is among the Indians who have been forced to go into quarantine after a co-passenger on their flight to Tokyo has tested positive.
This is only being done as a 'precautionary measure', the Paralympic committee clarified it
"Close contact protocol means that someone else from another country has tested positive, from the same flight as Paralympian Mr. Mariyappan, so only as a precautionary measure, he & others from the same flight have to quarantine."
Javelin thrower Mr. Tek Chand has been named the flag-bearer for this afternoon's ceremony.
