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No new Covid case reported among athletes, officials at Winter Olympics

To minimise Covid transmission risks, Beijing 2022 has imposed a "closed loop" system that restricts all Games participants to certain zones in and around venues and accommodation

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Paramedics wearing protective suits to protect from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) watch Chinas ice hockey team during a training session ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing (Photo: Reuters)

Reuters Beijing
Beijing Olympics organisers said on Thursday that zero new COVID-19 cases were detected among athletes and team officials on Feb. 16, the first time no symptomatic infection was found since a daily count was published.

No new cases were also found among non-Games related personnel on Feb. 16 in the closed-loop Olympics bubble and on arrival at the airport in Beijing, the organising committee said in a statement.

To minimise COVID transmission risks, Beijing 2022 has imposed a "closed loop" system that restricts all Games participants to certain zones in and around venues and accommodation, creating a bubble that separates them from

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