PKIN, December 23 (Reuters) – Organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics said on Thursday they expected a “number” of new cases of coronavirus contamination in China with the arrival of foreign visitors.
They also called on participants to be given their booster dose as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads.
“A large number of visitors from different countries will come to China and there is a high probability that a number of positive (COVID-19) cases will be observed,” said Han Zirong, vice chairman and general secretary of the committee. organization of the Beijing Olympics.
China, where the Games are scheduled to take place from February 4 to 20, will not allow foreign spectators to attend the sporting events. (Yew Lun Tian report, edited by Tony Munroe; French version Camille Raynaud)