The olympics are back!
Beijing is still hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics starting Friday. Photo: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Though COVID-19 cases are surging around the world, Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics will start Friday. Like the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, some Olympic Committee members have expressed concern about hosting a global event amid a global pandemic.
Like the 2020 Olympics, the 2022 Winter Olympics will continue to have COVID-testing guidelines in place. Regardless of their vaccination status, all athletes will be tested for COVID daily throughout the duration of the Olympic Games. Athletes will be required to mask at all times except when competing. Those who medal will be allowed to remove their masks on the podium for a photo.
In addition to the aforementioned warning from Beijing Olympic officials, there have been reports of Chinese authorities detaining activists and journalists and censoring their social-media accounts. On January 13, Hu Jia, a prominent Chinese civil-rights activist, said police were keeping him confined to his apartment after he tweeted about how authorities have handled criticism about the Olympics. Per the New York Times, he’s since been visited by police four times in a little over a week.
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