return of the strong method to preserve the Winter Olympics against the resurgence of Covid-19

The Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games will this year be under the sign of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, in 43 days the athletes will follow one another in the different spaces of the village. Olympic. And to enter, they will have to wear the mask, have their temperature checked and be tested daily. “Athletes will be tested every six hours, upon arrival“, explains Zhang Xiao Xia, member of the medical team of the Olympic village. Also, due to the epidemic rebound, it is not excluded that the stands of the stadiums remain empty.

Another indicator of the epidemic resurgence in China, the city of Xi’an has barricaded for at least three weeks from Thursday 23 December. The aim of the authorities is to contain the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country. Thus, the schools of the city are closed, the events are canceled and the inhabitants are supplied at the bottom of their building. Officially, there are 234 coronavirus patients in the city, which is resorting to massive screening of its population.