Yesterday morning, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to comment on the recently released second edition of the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games Epidemic Prevention Handbook" (hereinafter referred to as the "Epidemic Prevention Handbook") and relevant measures related to the Winter Olympics epidemic prevention. Interpretation.

According to the second edition of the "Epidemic Prevention Manual", except for medical exemptions, all other Olympic-related personnel must complete the entire vaccination process at least 14 days before coming to China before they can be exempted from centralized isolation and enter closed-loop management.

The closed-loop Olympic-related personnel in China and the domestic staff who directly serve foreign parties need to conduct daily health monitoring and nucleic acid testing. They must stay in a closed-loop hotel or Winter Olympic Village. People outside the closed loop and social contacts.

Where can Olympic personnel go?

Can't go beyond the closed loop

Han Zirong, full-time vice chairman and secretary-general of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said that in the context of the new crown epidemic, hosting the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Winter Paralympics will face tremendous pressure and challenges for epidemic prevention and safety. The "Epidemic Prevention Manual" aims to ensure the normal operation of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The content of the "Epidemic Prevention Manual" meets the needs of the competition, embodies the "events as the core and athletes as the center", and meets the requirements of China's epidemic prevention and control principles.

Han Zirong introduced that the "Epidemic Prevention Handbook" put forward six basic principles of vaccination and closed-loop management.

Huang Chun, deputy director of the Office of Epidemic Prevention and Control of the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, introduced strict closed-loop management, keeping the bottom line of epidemic prevention and control, and avoiding "loops but not closed" and "closed but not loops". From entry to departure, the entire process of all entry to China is to implement a full-process, fully-enclosed, and point-to-point closed-loop management policy. We provide transportation services for Olympic personnel involved in the Winter Olympics. Through closed-loop transportation, they can travel to and from the station, venues and workplaces. All personnel must not step outside the closed loop, let alone touch the city level. Take Beijing Capital Airport as an example. For the Winter Olympics, parking spaces, special areas for personnel, special passages and flow lines have been opened to form a complete closed loop, which is completely separated from other areas. Ordinary passengers will not have relevant crossings with domestic and foreign personnel.

"There will be a large number of Olympic personnel from different countries and regions coming to China during the Beijing Winter Olympics. The flow of people will increase. A certain number of positive cases will become a high probability event. We hope that all stakeholders can strictly implement the provisions of the "Epidemic Prevention Manual". Responding to the challenge of the new crown epidemic, through everyone's joint efforts to ensure the safety of all participating parties, ensure the safety of the host city, and ensure the safe and smooth hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics." Han Zirong said.

What should I do if there is a positive case?

Asymptomatic people isolate first

Symptoms are sent to designated hospitals

Huang Chun introduced that in the case of positive cases, emergency plans will be prepared and classified and handled in a timely manner. This Winter Olympics will be held in the context of a global epidemic, and there may be cases of infected persons or local small-scale clusters of epidemics. If an asymptomatic infected person appears, they will be sent to a special isolation facility, where they can participate or work conditionally after meeting the criteria for lifting the isolation. Those infected with symptoms will be sent to designated hospitals, and after they meet the discharge standards or lift the isolation standards, they can leave the hospital and isolation facilities. The resulting close contacts need to live alone in accordance with the policy, and after satisfying the relevant policies, they can start competitions or work under conditions. In addition, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee strongly recommends that all athletes and stakeholders are vaccinated before coming to China.

Han Zirong introduced that in the next step, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee will continue to strengthen publicity and training, improve working mechanisms, and strengthen the integration of closed-loop internal and external work.

"Conduct manual interpretation and training for COVID-19 liaison officers, personnel coming to China for Olympics and Olympic personnel in the host city, so that all personnel will be proficient in epidemic prevention rules, and consciously and strictly abide by them. Establish a consultation mechanism for Chinese and foreign medical and epidemic prevention experts to improve communication between COVID-19 liaison officers Coordination mechanism, strengthen the closed-loop internal and external emergency response coordination linkage mechanism, to ensure that various epidemic prevention measures are implemented." Han Zirong said.