Emma Terh, chairwoman of the IOC Athletes’ Commission, for example, had to go into isolation in Beijing. The 40-year-old former Finnish hockey player announced this on the instagram. At the venue of the games, she had to go to a quarantine hotel and so far she will only take part in the scheduled meetings online.
In addition, Beijing has reported 20 new cases among the city’s residents, the highest number in the metropolis in the past six months. Authorities have closed several areas because of this. In Fengtai, where most of the increments have been recorded, more than two million people will have to be tested.
Already on Friday, the authorities ordered the closure of the new economic area of Siung-an, which lies about 100 kilometers southwest of Beijing. There are about 1.2 million people living in it who cannot leave it now or return to it.
On Saturday, the organizers announced a total of 36 positive tests in the Olympic bubble. 29 of them were detected at the airport, 19 cases involved athletes.
