China Restricts Audiences at Beijing Olympics Citing COVID-19, Halts Public Ticket Sales


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In view of the “severe and complicated” epidemic control situation, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee announced on Jan. 17 that tickets for the 2022 Games will not be sold publicly. “We’ve decided to adjust the original plan from selling tickets publicly to organizing specific audiences to watch on-site,” the announcement reads. The Omicron variant continues to spread in China, affecting at least 14 provinces, according to the authorities. The Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin on Feb. 4 in Beijing and nearby Hebei Province. Now, with the added pressures from COVID prevention and control greatly increasing, the Beijing Winter...