China registers 8 coronavirus cases among new Olympics arrivals

  12 February 2022    Read: 695
China registers 8 coronavirus cases among new Olympics arrivals

The Chinese authorities have detected eight new cases of the coronavirus infection among those who arrived at the Beijing Olympic Games, the organizing committee said in a statement on Saturday, AzVision.az reports citing TASS. 

On February 11, a total of 81 people entered China, including 59 athletes and team officials and 22 "other stakeholders." Following PCR-testing at the airport as well as at the Olympic village, eight new cases of the coronavirus infection were detected, four of them were among athletes and officials and four - among other Olympic-related arrivals.

The 24th Winter Olympic Games will be held in the Chinese capital from February 4 to 20, 2022.


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