A rugby player on Uganda’s national team has disappeared from his hotel in Monaco, where the team was isolated.

The team was in isolation after some members tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of the repechage qualifier for the Tokyo Olympics.

Uganda Rugby Union, in a statement, said the player, James Odong, was being looked for by security authorities in Monaco.

The world rugby body withdrew Uganda from the competition because of the COVID-19 cases in the team.

The team was placed in isolation in Monaco.

Uganda has of late had incidents of its players testing positive in a foreign country after testing negative before travel.

Two of its athletes to the Tokyo Olympics tested positive in Japan ahead of the competition scheduled for next month.

The East African country is grappling with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has registered over 1,000 cases daily.

The country is currently under a partial lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of the virus.

Ministry of Health figures showed that as of Thursday, the country’s confirmed cases were at 77,505 since March last year.

(Xinhua/NAN)