24 new COVID cases detected among Winter Olympics-related personnel

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee said on February 1 that a total of 24 new COVID-19 cases were detected among games-related personnel on January 31, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Eighteen of the cases were found among new airport arrivals, according to a notice on the Beijing 2022 official website.

Six others were among those already in the "closed-loop" bubble that separates all event personnel from the public, five of whom were classified as either an athlete or a team official, the notice said.