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 | |
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Disease | COVID-19 |
Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
Location | Olympic Village, Beijing, China |
First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
First reported | January 23, 2022 |
Arrival date | January 23, 2022 |
Confirmed cases | 437[1] |
Deaths | 0 |
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COVID-19 Positive Case List |
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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 mainland 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 were 437 total coronavirus cases detected and reported by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games since 23 January 2022.[2] All cases at the 2022 Olympics are counted towards China's COVID case count rather than the home country of the person.
Background[edit]
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.[3] It was elected over Almaty. The games were 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.
During the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, there were 464 COVID-19 cases linked to the games.[4] Despite the strict COVID-19 containment efforts including bubbles[5] and claims of being the safest sporting event,[6] the Beijing Winter Olympics reported only 27 fewer cases than the similar scale event during the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, which had less stringent COVID-19 containment measures.
Timeline of positive cases[edit]
The first case related to the 2022 Winter Olympics was reported on Sunday 23 January 2022. Out of the total 437 cases of COVID-19 linked to the 2022 Winter Olympics, 171 cases, including 68 athletes or team officials were among the COVID-19 protective bubble residents.[7] The rest of the 266 cases were detected from airport testing of the games related arrivals.[8]
Date | Athlete | Staff[a] | Volunteer | Total |
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January 23 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
February 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 |
Impact[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of athletes not attending the 2022 Winter Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns
- Concerns and controversies at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- COVID-19 cases at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Paralympics
Notes[edit]
- ^ Including media, contractors, and employees.
References[edit]
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- ^ Fenno, Nathan (2022-02-20). "How effective was China at stopping coronavirus at Olympics? - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
- ^ Fenno, Nathan (2022-02-20). "How effective was China at stopping coronavirus at Olympics? - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2022-02-20. Retrieved 2022-02-23.