Prognosis
China Test-Drives Olympics Covid Restrictions at National Games
- National Games will host 13,000 athletes in Shaanxi province
- Spectators allowed if fully vaccinated and with negative test
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China wants the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics to go off without a hitch -- and without jeopardizing the country’s Covid Zero strategy. That suggests broader and stricter restrictions compared with the Tokyo summer games, which logged around 430 cases.
Beijing organizers haven’t announced their Covid-containment measures, though long quarantines and athlete bubbles are inevitable. Authorities also plan to limit international arrivals ahead of and during the events.