Beijing Olympics says growing Covid cases are 'within controllable range'
Gulf Times
Medical personnel wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) sit rink-side as Czech ice hockey team trains at the National Indoor Stadium ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
The Covid-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the "expected controllable range", despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior official at China's Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Office said on Tuesday.
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee has reported 200 Covid cases since Jan. 23 among airport arrivals and those in the Games 'closed loop' bubble that separates all event personnel, including athletes, from the public.
"As more people are entering China the imported Covid-19 cases are increasing," said Huang Chun, deputy director general of the committee's Pandemic Prevention and Control Office at a press briefing.
Huang said rising cases were also a result of more effective and accurate Covid detection techniques by customs.
