Beijing 2022: Overseas fanned banned from Winter Olympics

It
may
be
recalled
that
the
delayed
2020
Summer
Olympic
and
Paralympic
Games
took
place
in
empty
arenas
in
Tokyo
earlier
this
year
due
to
the
raging
COVID-19
pandemic.

It
will
be
the
second
straight
Olympics
during
the
COVID-19
pandemic
where
families
of
athletes
cannot
visit
the
host
country
to
watch
the
events.

The
Beijing
Winter
Olympics
are
being
held
from
February
4
to
20
while
the
Paralympic
Winter
Games
will
be
held
from
March
4
to
13.

The
Beijing
2022
Organizing
Committee
presented
its
COVID-19
countermeasures
to
the
International
Olympic
Committee
(IOC)
and
International
Paralympic
Committee
(IPC).

Organizers
detail
COVID-19
rules
for
Beijing
Winter
Olympics:
A
21-day
quarantine
for
non-fully
vaccinated
athletes,
officials
and
workers.
Daily
testing
for
vaccinated
people.
No
tickets
sold
to
anyone
living
outside
China.

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—
AP
Sports
(@AP_Sports)

September
29,
2021

This
included
the
sale
of
tickets
exclusively
to
spectators
residing
in
China’s
mainland
who
meet
the
requirements
of
COVID-19
countermeasures.”

As
for
participants
in
the
Games
themselves
–
including
athletes,
coaching
teams
and
media
–
those
who
are
fully
vaccinated
will
enter
a
closed-loop
management
system
upon
arrival
in
Beijing.

This
acts
effectively
as
a
COVID-secure
bubble
which
is
supposed
to
cover
all
games-related
areas,
including
arrival
and
departure,
transport,
accommodation,
catering,
competitions,
and
the
opening
and
closing
ceremonies.

“Within
the
closed-loop,
participants
will
be
allowed
to
move
only
between
games-related
venues
for
training,
competitions
and
work,”
a
statement
from
the
organisers
said.

Organisers
added
that
they
will
accept
all
vaccines
recognized
by
the
World
Health
Organisation
or
related
international
organizations
while
athletes
who
can
provide
a
justified
medical
exemption
will
have
their
cases
considered.

Athletes
and
other
participants
who
are
not
fully
vaccinated
will
be
obliged
to
enter
a
21-day
quarantine
period
upon
arrival.

Daily
testing
will
also
be
in
place
for
all
those
inside
the
closed-loop
bubble
system,
which
will
officially
be
in
place
from
January
23,
2022,
until
the
conclusion
of
the
Paralympics
on
March
13.

The
IOC
confirmed
the
quarantine
norms,
“Games
participants
who
aren’t
fully
vaccinated
will
have
to
serve
a
21-day
quarantine
upon
arrival
in
Beijing,”
the
IOC
said
in
a
statement.

The
IOC
acknowledged
that
all
parties
feel
for
the
athletes
and
the
spectators
from
around
the
world.

(With
inputs
from
Agencies)