2022 Beijing Olympics: COVID-19 hits Winter Games as organisers report 45 new cases

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Beijing Organizing committee official Huang Chun says the numbers are “within our expectations.” (PC Twitter)

Beijing: The organisers at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics have revealed a total of 45 new positive COVID-19 cases on Saturday. Out of the 45, 26 of the overall cases were among fresh airport arrivals, with 20 of them being athletes or team administrators.

Among the 20, it included people working at the Games, the media, with six at the airport and 14 inside the Olympic bubbles.

A drop in cases is expected in the days ahead as fewer people arrive for the Games and those inside the bubbles have already returned several days of negative tests. The overall total of COVID-19 cases at the games is 353 since January. 23. More than 12,000 people have arrived from outside China.