Coverage dated January 31, 2022 to February 7, 2022

Beijing Winter Olympics: 32 Athletes In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19

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Organizers are also facing accusations by some countries of keeping quarantined athletes in poor living conditions.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Covid Cases Linked To Beijing Olympics Continue To Rise As 11 Staffers Are Hospitalized

    Headline from Forbes ·

  2. Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID

    Headline from Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier ·

  3. Newest

    Beijing Winter Olympics: 32 Athletes In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19

    Headline from Forbes ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

22 articles, oldest first.

  1. Breitbart News

    China Claims 119 Olympic Athletes and Staff Tested Positive for Coronavirus (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Chinese officials on Sunday claimed to have discovered 119 coronavirus infections among athletes and staff at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

  2. The Hill

    Olympic organizer: COVID-19 cases in 'controllable range' (opens The Hill)

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    A senior official at China's Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Office on Tuesday said that coronavirus cases at the Beijing Winter Games are within an "expected controllable range" despite a recent increase.

  3. CBS News

    COVID cases continue to rise in Beijing as U.S. athletes prepare for Winter Olympics: "It's scary" (opens CBS News)

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    Star U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, a three-time Olympic medalist, said she tested positive for coronavirus​ inside Beijing's Olympic bubble.

  4. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Virus infections for Olympic athletes, coaches rising faster (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    BEIJING (AP) — Athletes and team officials are testing positive for COVID-19 at much higher rates than other people arriving in China for the Beijing Olympics, organizers said Tuesday.

  5. The Hill

    Growing number of Olympic athletes testing positive for COVID-19 (opens The Hill)

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    Over a three-day period from Saturday, Jan. 29 through Monday, Jan. 31, the positivity rate for athletes and team officials was 40 percent higher than other Olympic arrivals.

  6. Forbes

    Covid Cases Linked To Beijing Olympics Continue To Rise As 11 Staffers Are Hospitalized (opens Forbes)

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    Organizers have recorded 232 cases linked to the Olympics since January 23, 163 of which were detected at the airport and 69 inside the event’s “closed loop.”

  7. France 24

    New cases among Winter Olympics staff put China’s zero-Covid strategy to the test (opens France 24)

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    A total of 55 new COVID-19 infections were found among Olympic Games-related personnel on Feb. 2, the chair of the Beijing 2022 medical expert panel said on Thursday, the highest daily tally so far.

  8. Newsweek

    Beijing tries to keep Winter Olympics COVID concerns under control (opens Newsweek)

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    There were 45 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the second highest figure since teams started arriving for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

  9. NPR

    No internet, bad food and dirty rooms: Olympic athletes struggle in COVID quarantine (opens NPR)

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    Olympic organizers scrambled to address major complaints from athletes isolating in Beijing due to positive COVID-19 tests.

  10. Forbes

    ‘Not Getting Food’: China Under Fire For Treatment Of Olympic Athletes (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Many athletes have allegedly been subject to inhumane living conditions while isolating following positive Covid-19 tests.

  11. Forbes

    Beijing Winter Olympics: 32 Athletes In Isolation After Testing Positive For Covid-19 (opens Forbes)

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    Organizers are also facing accusations by some countries of keeping quarantined athletes in poor living conditions.

  12. Local News 8

    Olympians pushed to their limits over uncompromising Beijing Covid-19 controls (opens Local News 8)

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    By Simone McCarthy and Hannah Ritchie, CNN Weeks-long isolation, repeat stints in quarantine and sub-par meals — these are conditions that some Olympic athletes snared in Beijing’s stringent system for controlling Covid-19 say they are contending with, and some are pushing back.

  13. WMUR

    Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID-19 (opens WMUR)

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    More than 30 athletes at the Beijing Olympics are in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus, organizers said Tuesday.

  14. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Olympic organizers: 32 athletes in isolation for COVID (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    BEIJING (AP) — More than 30 athletes at the Beijing Olympics are in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus, organizers said Tuesday. The average stay in isolation is

  15. CBS News

    Dozens of athletes in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 at Winter Olympics (opens CBS News)

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    Five athletes and team officials tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.

  16. Portland Press Herald

    Olympic roundup: Organizers say 32 athletes in isolation for COVID-19 (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    The chairman of the expert medical panel for the Games says 50 athletes have been discharged from isolation.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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