China says tickets for Winter Olympics will not be sold to general public due to Covid-19
The announcement comes after Beijing reported its first case of the highly transmissible Omicron variant on January 15.
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Tickets for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics will not be sold to the general public in response to Covid-19 but instead be distributed by authorities, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee announced Monday.
"In terms of the grim and complex situation of epidemic prevention and control [and] in order to protect the health and safety of Olympic personnel and spectators, we have decided to change the original plan of public ticket sales," the committee said.
It added that audiences will still be required to "strictly comply with Covid-19 prevention and control requirements before, during and after watching the Games."
The announcement comes after Beijing reported its first case of the highly transmissible Omicron variant on January 15.
The Beijing Winter Olympics are set to begin on February 4.
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