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Olympics Beijing Games torch relay confined to closed venues due to COVID Olympics Beijing Games torch relay confined to closed venues due to COVID BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay will be cordoned off from the public because of concern about the spread of the coronavirus, organisers said on Friday. The relay involving 1,200 torchbearers will begin on Feb. 2 and wind up just two days later, on Feb. 4, when the Games open in the capital, Beijing, and neighbouring Hebei province. "This torch relay will always prioritise safety," Yang Haibin, an official from the Beijing Municipal...
