COVID-19 cases at the 2022 Winter Olympics and 2022 Winter Paralympics

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Cases of COVID-19 at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics
DiseaseCOVID-19
Virus strainSARS-CoV-2
LocationOlympic Village, Beijing, China
First outbreakWuhan, Hubei, China
First reportedJanuary 23, 2022
Arrival dateJanuary 23, 2002; 20 years ago (2002-01-23)
Confirmed cases287
Deaths
0
Government website
COVID-19 Positive Case List
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2022 Winter Olympics
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2022 Winter Paralympics

Cases of COVID-19 at the 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Winter Paralympics in Beijing, China, is a cluster of SARS-CoV-2 infections within the COVID-19 pandemic in China that began in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Village in January 2022, prior to the Opening Ceremony of the games on 4 February 2022.

There have been 72 cases detected and reported by the Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games since 23 January 2022.[1] All cases at the 2022 Olympics are counted towards China's COVID case count rather than the home country of the person.

Background[edit]

Main articles: 2022 Winter Olympics, 2022 Winter Paralympics, COVID-19 pandemic, and COVID-19 pandemic in China

On 31 July 2015, Beijing was selected as the host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics, officially the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, during the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2] It was elected over Almaty. The games will be the second Olympic Games to be held in China following Beijing 2008 (Summer). As a result, Beijing will also be the first city to host both the Summer and the Winter Games for the Olympics and Paralympics.

On 1 December 2019, the first known case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel virus caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in Wuhan. The virus has since spread to other parts of the country and around the world, becoming the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the deadliest pandemics in history.

Timeline of positive cases[edit]

Daily positive cases reported by the Beijing Organizing Committee.

The first case related to the 2022 Winter Olympics was reported on Sunday 23 January 2022.

List of positive cases reported by the Beijing Organizing Committee on and after January 23
Date Athlete Staff[a] Volunteer Total
January 23 0 72 0 0
Total 0 0 0 72

Impact[edit]

Main article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2022 Winter Olympics

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Including media, contractors, and employees.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Munroe, Tony (23 January 2022). "Olympics Beijing Games had 72 COVID cases, none athletes, among early arrivals". Reuters.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Beijing to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics". BBC Sport. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
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