concerns. david culver is in beijing. how s it looking there? hey there, ana. they re counting down the hours, but unfortunately, counting up the cases. we re seeing the cases continuing to climb for folks coming into the olympic bubble, which is a separate barrier from where we are. china itself is a closed loop system and now they ve got this olympic closed loop system. the numbers are going up 32 were reported, athletes, media, that was reported on wednesday. 232 who have covid-19. here s what makes this different. we saw that with tokyo and people seeing their dreams really just dashed all together is that this is a zero covid society, really. and that policy is incredibly strict, ana. they will put you in isolation. so we re seeing some of these athletes going through the testing and then learning that
no problem. yeah. success starts with intuit quickbooks. the beijing olympics are just one week away now. the three villages of the games have officially opened. right now supplies and food are being stocked while rooms and facilities are being prepared for athletes from around the world. this morning members of australia s olympic team touched down in beijing. this as the number of covid cases has risen to more than 100. at least 50 of those people were already inside the village s closed loop bubble. let s bring in cnn s will ri ripley. good morning, will. good evening to you. what s the mood in the athletes village? what are you hearing? reporter: the mood in the athletes village and the mood of the people in the closed loop system, meaning the journalist and other people arriving in
some have also been discovered among athletes and staff living in what s known as the closed loop system. it s a quarantine bubble cut off from the rest of the city. cnn s steven jiang live in beijing. what happens when a positive case is found in the closed loop? reporter: well, then they have to be isolated. as you say, this covid containment policy continues to be the top priority for the organizers and authorities, both in and out of the loop. out of loop actually not far away from the bird s nest, that s a stadium where the opening ceremony will be held in a few days. authorities have sealed off a few apartment blocks because of some fresh cases there, but inside the loop, as you said, which is completely sealed off from the rest of the city, more cases on monday. 24 people tested positive. some of the athletes actually testing positive are speaking out, including american bobsledder alana myers tater. she is a three-time olympic medalist. this is her fourth games.
were reported. arrival testing registered around 200 positive results. the closed loop system means those visiting from other countries won t be able to freely wander and check out the iconic tourist sites like this one, the forbidden city. for them it is truly forbidden. for athletes, organizers and journalists, beijing has become a series of bubbles. our hotels, sporting venues and places like this media center are as much as the city has to offer. literal walls, security blocking us from freely moving about. we are covid tested every day outside the hotel. technology takes the place of many lost interactions. here at the media center a robot serves our food and there is a robot bartender mixing and
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