(Beijing Winter Olympics) One month countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics: pre-match closed-loop management is officially launched

  China News Service, Beijing, January 4 (Reporter Chen Hang) January 4 is the one-month countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics. In the face of many challenges such as the new crown pneumonia epidemic, a closed-loop management policy aimed at creating a safe environment for Olympic personnel Started on the same day.

  On July 31, 2015, Beijing and Zhangjiakou won the right to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.

For more than 6 years, China has been committed to providing a "simple, safe, and exciting" Winter Olympics to the world.

  In the face of the continuous spread of the global new crown epidemic, epidemic prevention has become the top priority of the safe hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

The International Olympic Committee, the International Paralympic Committee and the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee successively released the second edition of the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympic Games Epidemic Prevention Manual" (hereinafter referred to as the "Epidemic Prevention Manual") in 2021 to minimize the epidemic risk.

  According to the "Epidemic Prevention Manual", except for medical exemptions, all Olympic-related personnel must complete the entire course of COVID-19 vaccination 14 days before coming to China, which can be exempted from centralized isolation.

From entry to departure, a full-process, fully enclosed, and point-to-point closed-loop management policy is implemented.

  Han Zirong, full-time vice chairman and secretary-general of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that he believes that these countermeasures can effectively reduce the risk of the epidemic, not only to ensure the safe and convenient participation of athletes and all Olympic personnel in training, competition and work, but also to protect the health of the Chinese people. Safety.

  Epidemic prevention measures, including vaccination and closed-loop management, have been tested by the Beijing Winter Olympics International Test Competition.

From October to December 2021, 10 international competitions, 3 international training weeks, and 2 domestic testing activities will be held successively, involving 8 competition venues in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou, and more than 2,000 foreign athletes and team officials Come to China to compete with international technical officials.

  Yao Hui, director of the venue management department of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that since the arrival of foreign participants at the airport, from the hotel to and from the venue, to the safe departure, as well as the isolation and observation of the organizers after the game, strict closed-loop management is implemented. .

Coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention in the test competition and urban epidemic prevention to ensure that Olympic personnel participate in activities point to point after entering the country, do not contact the public, and leave the country safely and quickly after the game.

  He mentioned that the epidemic prevention measures in the test match fully implemented the relevant policies and measures in the "Epidemic Prevention Manual".

After repeated verification, it is proved to be scientific and effective.

  The "Epidemic Prevention Manual" divides the implementation time of the Beijing Winter Olympics epidemic prevention policy into 5 stages.

Among them, January 4-22 is the "pre-match" phase, January 23 to February 23 is the "Winter Olympic Games" phase, and February 24 to March 16 is the "Winter Paralympic Games" phase. The "match time" phase will be the "post-match" phase after March 16th.

  The pre-match closed-loop management of the Beijing Winter Olympics was officially launched on January 4. In strict accordance with the requirements of the Epidemic Prevention Manual, a full-process, fully-enclosed, and point-to-point closed-loop management was implemented.

  The Shougang Ski Jump, which will host the snowboard and freestyle ski jump events during the competition, has already started the pre-match closed-loop management on January 1 after completing the first phase of snowmaking tasks.

Part of the staff of the venue operation team entered the closed loop in advance to cooperate with the first batch of foreign experts in the secondary shaping and other aspects.

  One month later, the prelude to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics will slowly begin, and the Olympic Torch Tower will be lit again.

  In his New Year's speech, IOC President Bach said that he is looking forward to the complete success of the Beijing Winter Olympics and is full of confidence in hosting a safe Winter Olympics.

By hosting this Winter Olympics, Beijing will write history and become the first city to host the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics.

  From midsummer to ice and snow, from an "unparalleled" Summer Olympics in 2008 to the Winter Olympics that ignited the "ice and snow boom" in 2022, Beijing is ready to welcome snow and ice athletes from all over the world.

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