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Cyril Ip

China reported 32 new Covid-19 cases related to the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tuesday, including 15 that were identified at the airport and 17 inside the “closed loop”.
The Covid protections are similar to those used in the Tokyo Summer Games and require athletes and support staff to be vaccinated and stay within the Olympic bubble, using only designated transport to and from venues.
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Tests on athletes, team officials, journalists and Games partners arriving in Beijing have already identified 232 cases.
Of these 163 tested positive at Beijing Capital International Airport and 69 at the Olympic Village, including Hong Kong’s alpine skier Audrey King.
Only 11 individuals who showed symptoms have been hospitalised, and none was seriously ill.
Additional measures, including increased testing, isolating, contact-tracing and suspension of events, will not depend on the number of daily cases, but the risk of transmission within the closed loop.
According to officials, more than 540,000 tests have been conducted since January 23.


“We don’t set thresholds in terms of specific numbers because we’ve found in the past that is not necessarily helpful,” Brian McCloskey, chairman of the Olympic Medical Expert Panel, told a press briefing on Wednesday.
“The main challenge is not the number of cases, it’s the indication of whether there is spread within the closed loop,” said McCloskey.
“When we start to see that, we start to take a greater interest and investigate those in more detail.”
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However, the present situation is “nowhere near” the level where further measures are required, he added.
The briefing also heard that the International Olympic Committee had retained similar Covid protections to last year’s Tokyo Games to minimise the risk to the local population.
Pre-departure testing in conjunction with arrival testing reduces the risk at the airport, as the former will have filtered out potentially infectious cases.
“The reality is that every country in the world at the moment has a higher level of Covid than China does,” said McCloskey. “That means people coming in are travelling from a higher level of Covid to a lower level.”


Meanwhile, a three-day torch relay across the capital began on Wednesday.
China’s first winter sport world champion, the former speed skater Luo Zhihuan, led the trek, along with astronaut Jing Haipeng and aerospace engineer Ye Peijian. The two-week-long event begins on Friday.


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The new cases include 15 detected at the airport and 17 within the Games closed loop bubble
The event is being held amid tight Covid protections similar to those used in Tokyo last year



The new cases include 15 detected at the airport and 17 within the Games closed loop bubble.


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Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics hit by 32 more Covid-19 cases

The new cases include 15 detected at the airport and 17 within the Games closed loop bubble The event is being held amid tight Covid protections similar to those used in Tokyo last year

The new cases include 15 detected at the airport and 17 within the Games closed loop bubble

The event is being held amid tight Covid protections similar to those used in Tokyo last year