Sixteen Australian Olympians have tested positive for Covid in Paris, but the Australian Olympic Committee has described the numbers as “modest and in line with expectations”.
Three years on from the pandemic-impacted Olympics in Tokyo, there are no formal Covid-related requirements imposed by event organisers at the Paris Olympics. But the Australian team has been taking no chances, masking in high-risk areas, bringing their own testing machine to the Olympic village and establishing isolation rooms for athletes who test positive.
