The duo then took a PCR test on January 4 and the next day it was confirmed that the two of them had COVID-19.
On January 6, the Comic Market Preparatory Committee announced on Comiket’s website that two staff members had come down with COVID-19 after working at the world’s biggest anime event the week prior.
According to authorities, they were only infectious from December 31, the day after they worked at Comiket.