February 19, (THEWILL) – For the second time at the Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022, has reported no new positive COVID-19 cases as the Games near their end in the Chinese capital.
On Friday, a total of 67,387 tests were performed in the closed loop, the system in place to distinguish Games participants from the general public. A total of 4,056 athletes and team officials, as well as 63,331 additional Games stakeholders, were tested.
And the Beijing 2022 organisers announced that there were no new instances of the virus.
A total of 18 tests were carried out on Olympic-related personnel at Beijing Capital International Airport on Friday as well, although no athletes or team officials were among the arrivals.
There were no reported cases either. It is the second consecutive day at the Games with no new positive COVID-19 cases, following last Wednesday, February 16.
In all, seven cases have been documented in the last week. In the time since the Games began, which flagged off on January 23, a total of 436 positive tests have been registered. With 265 positive tests documented from entries into China, airport testing has accounted for the majority of positive samples.
There have been 171 positive cases in the closed loop from about 1.7 million COVID-19 tests performed in all.
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