China cancels plans to sell tickets for the Winter Olympics to the public amid Covid concerns and will invite selected spectators instead
Tickets for the upcoming Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing will not be sold to the general public in response to Covid-19 but will instead be distributed by authorities, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee announced Monday.
"In terms of the grim and complex situation of epidemic prevention and control [and] in order to protect the health and safety of Olympic personnel and spectators, we have decided to change the original plan of public ticket sales," the committee said.Groups of spectators will be invited on site throughout the Games and will be required to"strictly comply with Covid-19 prevention and control requirements before, during and after watching the Games.
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