First COVID-19 case found in Beijing Olympic teams www.nhk.or.jp
Organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics say they have found the first coronavirus case among national team members that entered China on Sunday.
The organizing committee said on Monday that the case was identified from PCR tests of 529 Olympic-related people at an airport in Beijing the previous day.
The committee did not disclose which team the athlete or official belongs to. It revealed that three people who were not members of a team also tested positive at the airport.
The committee also said that more than 38,000 tests were conducted on Sunday inside the so-called bubble separating Games-related personnel from the public. Two infections were confirmed from among those tests.
From January 4 through Sunday, 43 coronavirus cases were found at the airport and 35 inside the Olympics bubble.
Published Date:2022-01-24