Less than two weeks before the start of the Winter Olympics, and while 72 positive coronavirus tests have been detected in Beijing's health bubble, the Chinese authorities have announced the end of the long confinement of the city of Xi'an ( northern China) and its 13 million inhabitants.

They had remained confined to their homes since December 22, after the discovery of an outbreak which contaminated a total of more than 2,100 people.

This month-long confinement is the longest and most extensive imposed in China since the quarantine of the metropolis of Wuhan, the first epicenter of the pandemic, from January to April 2020. The number of contaminations remains minimal in China compared to the rest of the world, but the authorities react to the slightest resurgence of the epidemic with radical measures, which are reinforced with the approach of the Beijing Olympics (4 to 20 February).

Beijing, new center of contamination

It is now Beijing which has the highest number of daily contaminations, ten days before the start of the Olympic Games: the capital reported six new cases on Monday, out of a national total of 18, to which are added 39 imported cases. .

In order to limit the risk of contamination, athletes and other participants in the Winter Games must remain inside a sanitary bubble.

A total of 72 participants have tested positive for coronavirus since arriving in China, organizers said on Sunday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), however, announced on Monday a relaxation of the rules concerning screening tests, with an increase in the threshold at which a person is considered positive.

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