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Tickets for the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics will not be sold to the general public in response to Covid-19, but instead be distributed by authorities, the Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee announced Monday. The announcement comes after Beijing reported its first case of the highly transmissible Omicron variant on Saturday. The Beijing Winter Olympics are set to begin Friday, February 4. 

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Anna: Covering the story for us live from Hong Kong, Kristie tickets will not be sold to the public? How did Olympic organizers explain this decision? Kristie: Well due to a quote severe and complex covid-19 situation, tickets for the upcoming Beijing winter Olympics game will not be sold to the public, instead they will be distributed by authorities, but Olympic officials did not specify how. The announcement comes just days after Beijing confirmed its first locally transmitted case of the highly infectious omicron variant. And then zero covid China, that meant an entire office building with people inside were sealed off and went into lockdown after that one case of that variant was detected in Beijing. As for the total number of omicron cases across the country that is still not clear. But the omicron variant and --cases of it had been detected in at least 9 different cities across China. Now when the Olympic Games kickoff, they will be taking place and what is called a closed loop system. That will be covering all stadiums, venues, accommodations, all participants, athletes, volunteers will have to stay. They are not allowed to leave this closed loop system. They will have to undergo daily covid-19 testing. And fully vaccinated athletes will be allowed into the closed loop system. Those who are unvaccinated will have to undergo 21 days of quarantine. I should add that the Olympic Games kick off in less than 21 days from now, the first day is coming up Friday the 4th. Back to you. Anna: Kristie, Chinese media blaming imported goods for causing local outbreaks. What more are we learning? Kristie: Yeah this is a very interesting line that we keep hearing from Chinese officials, Chinese state media throughout the pandemic. What we are hearing from the state run china daily, they are claiming -- or reporting that these cases of omicron detected in Beijing and Shenzhen have suspected links with packages from North America. We should add that epidemiologist, the CDC, they say surface transmissibility is extremely low compared airborne transmissibility of the virus, Ana. Anna: Interesting observation, isn’t? 

Question: 

1. What will take place to Beijing Olympics  tickets since it will not be sold to the public?  

2. Thoroughly explain a closed loop system. 

3. Who are Chinese blaming for causing local outbreaks?​