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Winter Olympics Covid-19 cases down but ‘big challenges for Games organisers’
- Just 10 new cases detected within the event’s bubble, including six among athletes and team officials
- Complaints about food prompt South Korean committee to cater for their athletes
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China reported 10 new Covid-19 cases within the Winter Olympics bubble on Sunday, less than a quarter of the 45 infections a day earlier.
Among the cases, six were athletes and team officials and the rest were found among other “stakeholders”, a category that includes the media and Games partners, the event’s organising committee said.
Officials said four of the new cases were identified on arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport while the remaining six were picked up during nearly 72,500 daily tests conducted within the bubble.
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A total of 363 infections have been found among people involved with the Games since January 23, according to the organising committee.
All Olympic-related personnel in China are staying within a “closed loop” bubble that separates them from the public to minimise transmission of the disease.
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Games participants enter the closed loop on arrival in Beijing, a city battling to contain outbreaks of the Omicron and Delta variants.
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