Beijing Games had 72 COVID cases, none athletes, among early arrivals


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Beijing Olympics organizers said on Sunday (January 23) they had confirmed 72 cases of COVID-19 among 2,586 Games-related personnel entering China from January 4 to January 22, with no cases among 171 athletes and team officials arriving in that period. Final preparations are taking place for the Winter Games amid a global surge in cases of the highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant. The Games are set to take place from February 4 to February 20 inside a “closed loop” bubble that separates all event personnel from the public. Of the confirmed cases, 39 were found in testing at the airport...