China claims new COVID-19 variant will not force Beijing 2022 postponement

November 30, 2021

Omicron, the new strain of COVID-19, will not force the cancellation of next year’s Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Chinese Government claimed today.

Japan, which hosted the re-arranged 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games earlier this year, today became the 19th country to confirm a case of the new variant of coronavirus first identified in South Africa. inside the games