Today (February 8), the main media center of the Beijing Winter Olympics held the fourth regular press conference during the competition period.
The relevant leaders of the Beijing Winter Olympics medical expert group and the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee answered questions from Chinese and foreign reporters on "epidemic prevention and control".
Headquarters reporter Zhai Zhuang: Science and satisfaction are the two key words at today's press conference.
The chief expert of the Beijing Winter Olympics medical expert group said that the global spread of Omicron is still ongoing, and the closed-loop management adopted by the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee can create a safer competition environment for athletes.
Brian McCloskey, chief expert of the Beijing Winter Olympics medical expert group: We saw the development as we expected, the situation within the closed loop is very safe, and there is no sign of virus transmission.
So overall, we're at the level we expected, which is good news.
That doesn't mean we can relax, we never relax with coronavirus, but we can say we're happy with where we are.
We reviewed the situation against our protocol, and the closed-loop management approach is based on science.
Huang Chun, deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention Office of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that based on the overall good epidemic prevention situation, the next step is to increase the attendance of the audience, and at the same time, effective epidemic prevention measures will be implemented for the audience.
Huang Chun, deputy director of the Epidemic Prevention Office of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee: We will monitor the health of spectators before the game, and we will conduct nucleic acid testing before the game.
When entering the arena or the opening ceremony, the audience is outside the closed loop after all. We need to set up separate entrances and exits, separate passages, and separate flow directions, and go to the special stand area for the audience, and the same is true when returning.
After he returns to his residence or residence, we will monitor his health for a week, including two nucleic acid tests, to ensure the safety of our city.