China has canceled plans to sell tickets to the public for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, allowing only guests to follow the competitions and rehearsals, as part of the tightening on controls against Covid-19 and the dreaded Omicron variant.
"In order to protect the health and safety of staff and spectators linked to the Olympics, it was decided to adjust the previous plan on the sale of tickets to the public and the organization of spectators on site", clarified the organizing committee in a note. .
Previously, the hypothesis was that there was up to 50% of the capacity of the plants.