Organizers have recorded 232 cases linked to the Olympics since January 23, 163 of which were detected at the airport and 69 inside the event’s “closed loop.”
Eleven staffers linked to the 2022 Beijing Olympics have been hospitalized with Covid-19 since January 23, the games organizers’ disclosed on Wednesday, amid a growing number of infections linked to the event and reported from inside the Olympic bubble that could pose a major challenge to China's “zero Covid” strategy.Key Facts
Brian McCloskey, the head of the games’ medical expert panel, said none of the hospitalized individuals were in a serious condition, Reuters reported. Organizers of the winter games, which officially start on Friday, added 32 new Covid-19 cases to the event’s tally on Wednesday, including 15 cases which were detected among airport arrivals.
Since January 23, organizers have recorded 232 cases linked to the Olympics, 163 of which were detected at the airport and 69 inside the event’s bubble known as the “closed loop.”they believe the pandemic situation at the Olympics is within the “expected controllable range.”
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