BEIJING (Reuters) – The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organising Committee said on Monday that 24 new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on Feb. 6.
Eleven of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website.
Thirteen others were among those already in the “closed loop” bubble that separates all event personnel from the public, five of whom were classified as either an athlete or team official, the notice said.
(Reporting by Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
