flaws, potentially compromising personal health data. china dismisses concerns, but team usa and athletes from other countries are being advised to bring burner phones instead of their personal ones. athletes and personnel will be taken into what organizers call the closed loop system. not one giant bubble, but multiple bubbles connected by dedicated shuttles. there are several hotels and venues, plus the olympic village that will only for participants. transport buses, personnel, the media will come through these gates. but for those that are residents outside, that is ago close as we can get. then there are the mountain venues. connected by high speed train and highways, newly built for the winter games. so as to main tin the separation, even the rail cars are divide.
other countries are being advised to bring disposable burner phones instead of their personal ones. from the airport athletes and personnel will be taken into what organizers call the closed loop system. not one giant bubble, so much as multiple bubbles connected by dedicated shuttles. within the capital city there are several hotels and venues, plus the olympic village, that are only for credentialed participants. the dedicated transport buses will be bringing the athletes, personnel, media through these gates, but for those of us who are residents outside, this is as close as we can get. then there are the mountain venues on the outskirts of beijing, connected by high speed train and highways, all of them newly built for the winter games so as to maintain the separation, even the railcars are divided and the closed loop buses given specially marked lanes. it is no restrictive they have
locally transmitted omicron there in beijing. as for the number of cases across the country, that s unclear. but if we have the map available, we ll show you the map, of omicron cases across china. it is geographically spread out across the country. look, the number of cases in china still pail in comparison to what you see everyday coming out of the western europe and the united states, but locally transmitted cases of the variant haven t detected in the northeast. in the center of the country, even across the border from hong kong in the south. now, the winter olympic games due to take place in beijing very shortly will all take place in this closed loop system. and that means all the participants, including the volunteers and athletes must stay inside, not allowed to go out even if taking place the lunar new year holiday and undergo a daily covid-19 test. fully vaccinated participants and athletes welcome to come in. those who are not vaccinated
olympics next week amid a rise in new covid cases. they confirmed 13 new infections thursday tied to the games despite strict covid counter measures. sources say u.s. diplomats are concerned about the tightening covid restrictions in china and they want permission to leave the country at least temporarily. chr chr kristie, the idea of no covid is difficult. reporter: the numbers coming out inside the closed loop system. they reported 13 new cases, 9 detected at the border. 4 managed to get inside. a total of 42 cases so far have been detected inside the closed loop system despite all of the
all right. the start of the beijing winter games now just two weeks away. the network teleadvising the olympics is not sending its announcers to china. steven culver live in beijing. what drove nbc to this decision, david? reporter: i think it s everything about the strict measures in place here. we ve been reporting on this more than two years now, ever since i ve been in wuhan and ever since. these are measures more like easing of them, tightening again and they are doing that ahead of the olympics. i want to give you an idea what those coming in are going to be part of the media, part of the personnel and the athletes, of course, are going to experience we have an animation i think walks you through and visualize a little bit easier what this bubble system will look like. they re calling it a closed loop system officially. we ll walk you through the