Beijing Games organisers say virus 'biggest challenge', 100 days from start
Gulf Times
The Chinese capital will in February become the first host of a Summer and Winter Games, and last week welcomed the Olympic flame with a low-key ceremony.
Protecting the Beijing Winter Olympics from the coronavirus is the "biggest challenge", organisers said Wednesday, as millions of people in China were under stay-at-home orders to contain small outbreaks 100 days before the Games.
The Chinese capital will in February become the first host of a Summer and Winter Games, and last week welcomed the Olympic flame with a low-key ceremony.
Case numbers remain low in China, with only three reported in Beijing on Wednesday and small clusters of infections elsewhere, but authorities nationwide are on edge.
The Chinese government has maintained a zero-Covid approach through rigorous measures that have seen millions told to stay at home, mass testing across at least 11 provinces and many flights and trains brought to a standstill.
