The Philippine Paralympic Committee (PPC) announced in a statement on Sunday afternoon, August 29 that Filipino discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda tested positive for Covid-19 and withdrew from the Tokyo Paralympics.

Aceveda's coach Bernand Buen also yielded a positive Covid-19 result after undergoing the mandatory daily saliva antigen test followed by a confirmatory RT-PCR test.

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