A day before the opening of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the organizers found 55 more corona cases. As the organizing committee announced on Thursday (February 3rd, 2022), 29 infections were found in participants of the games who had arrived the day before. In addition, there were 26 infections in people who had previously traveled to Beijing and were already in the closed Olympic bubble. Accordingly, 26 athletes or team members are among the 55 infected. The total number of corona cases has risen to a total of 287 since January 23.
Strict corona security concept in Beijing
A strict corona security concept applies to the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Everyone involved – from athletes to journalists – is completely segregated from the rest of the Chinese population. Anyone who has contracted the virus will be isolated in a specially designated hotel. Only after two negative PCR tests at least 24 hours apart can those affected leave before the end of ten days. After this period, only a negative PCR test is required.
Figure skating: Germany starts in the team competition despite the Corona case
Figure skater Nolan Seegert was the first German athlete to test positive for the corona virus in Beijing on Wednesday (February 2nd, 2022). Despite the positive result for the pair skater from Berlin, the German figure skating team will start in the Olympic team competition on Friday (February 4th, 2022). This was confirmed by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) on Thursday.