Prioritizing Safety at Winter Games

The countdown to the opening of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has already kicked off. Besides Beijing’s promise of hosting a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” Winter Olympic Games, “safe” is also     1     keyword with the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

    2     (base) on the latest scientific advice and key learning from other events, the first editions of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks     3     (publish) on Oct 25, 2021. They had been developed     4     (joint) by Beijing Organizing Committee, the IOC and the IPC. The playbooks cover the whole journey of all Games participants,     5     (detail) the requirements for entry and the measures that will be     6     place within the closed-loop management system. The two playbooks, one for athletes and team officials, and one for media and technical officials, provide comprehensive COVID-19     7     (guideline). They will help participants prepare for their arrival in China, fulfilling their roles at the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, and their     8     (depart) from Beijing.

Compared to Tokyo’s, the prevention measures in Beijing 2022 could be stricter. Beijing Organizing Committee has highlighted the importance of full vaccination (接种),     9     was not stressed by the Tokyo 2020 organizers. Overall, these playbooks are the basis of the game plan     10     (ensure) that all Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games participants and the people of China stay safe and healthy for the Games.