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The National Stadium in Beijing is one of the venues for the Winter Games
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The competent authority in Beijing has warned residents of the Chinese capital not to help any winter Olympic vehicle if it is involved in an accident.
The background to this is the strict corona requirements, by means of which the major event from February 4th to 20th should be safely staged.
"In the case of traffic accidents with special vehicles for the Winter Olympics, please make sure to keep a safe distance," said Beijing's traffic management office in a post in the Twitter-like medium Weibo: "Do not make any contact with the vehicles or the staff in them and wait for specialists to arrive at the scene of the accident. "
China will host the Olympic Games in a "closed loop" that ensures that neither athletes nor other participants come into contact with the public.
The authorities closed the cycle in the previous week, so that thousands of employees, volunteers, cleaners, cooks and bus drivers will be shielded from the outside world for weeks.
Around 3,000 athletes and media representatives from all over the world will arrive in the Chinese capital in the coming weeks and will remain in the protection zone from landing to departure.
Anyone entering the bladder must be fully vaccinated or undergo a 21-day quarantine on landing.
Anyone who is in the bladder is tested daily and must wear a face mask.
China has a zero covid policy
The system includes special means of transport between the venues, with even closed high-speed rail systems operating in parallel with those open to the public.
China has a zero Covid policy and has recently blocked districts or entire cities to curb the spread.
Meanwhile, Olympic organizers have denied claims that a Spanish athlete tested positive and escaped the bladder to visit Beijing city center.
This claim has previously been shared millions of times on social media in China.
Police said they had arrested a woman for "spreading false rumors" without reference to the incident.
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