Winter Olympics: Covid-19 cases among Games personnel within 'expected controllable range', say organisers
India Today
The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee has reported 200 COVID cases since January 23 among airport arrivals and those in the Games "closed loop" bubble that separates all event personnel, including athletes, from the public.
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 January 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," Huang Chun, deputy director general of the committee's Pandemic Prevention and Control Office, told a news briefing.
Huang said rising cases were also a result of more effective and accurate COVID detection techniques by customs.
Organisers reported 24 new COVID cases among Games-related personnel on Jan. 31, of which 16 were athletes.
Many athletes have been ruled out of the February 4-20 Games after testing positive on arrival at the airport while others who are asymptomatic are isolating.
Three of the 414 members of the Canadian delegation in Beijing were impacted by China's COVID-19 protocols over their ability to fulfill their roles at Games, the Canadian Olympic Committee said in a statement on Tuesday.
