Foreign spectators banned at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

Organisers of Beijing Games have informed International Olympic Committee they aim to deliver "safe and successful Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games as scheduled".

People wearing face masks to protect against COVID-19 walk past a display showing a countdown clock to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug.  18, 2021.  China's "zero tolerance" strategy of trying to isolate every case and stop transmission of the coronavirus has kept kept the country where the virus first was detected in late 2019 largely free of the disease.  (AP Photo / Mark Schiefelbein)
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