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Some have also been discovered among athletes and staff living in whats known as the closed loop system. its a quarantine bubble cut off from the rest of the city. cnns 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 birds...

Were reported. arrival testing registered around 200 positive results. the closed loop system means those visiting from other countries wont 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 fr...

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Winter games beginning. the torch relay now under way, scaled back, though, to just three days, as coronavirus cases rise. ahead of the games, athletes and olympics personnel have been sealed off from the public. cnns david culver and selina wang take us inside and outside the olympic bubble. >> reporter: the motto of beijings winter games is together for a shared future. it is a nice sentiment, but daily life in the chinese capital is far apart from the olympic enclave within it, and absolutely...

Pulling out from china indefinitely until they can ensure peng shui can speak freely. that closed loop system that is the olympic bubble, victor and alisyn. >> how is that olympic bubble working and keeping covid cases down? >> reporter: when you come to china in the midst of the pandemic, it is quite harsh, to be blunt with you. you have to go through several layers of testing constantly, monitored. you mentioned the athletes who are contracting covid-19. they are in isolation and it is really ...

Just six months ago. daily covid testing. being confined to a well defined closed loop system. in the closed look, you coul say fenced in. if any doubt how strict chinese authorities are in regard to spreading the virus, these chain linked walls say it all. >> jim, biana, the stress for the athletes does not stop when they arrive. four time olympian alana myers taylor one of the flag bearers of tomorrows opening ceremony, shes one of the athletes who tested positive. shes been in isolation facil...

Of the total number of games participants inside those bubbles and theyre determined to keep it that way. now, obviously, state media has also said so far there appears to be no community spread of the virus within the bubbles. but this obviously is an increasingly daunting task as time goes on with more events kicking off and especially given how contagious the omicron variant is. now, most of our cnn colleagues covering these games from within the bubbles have now arrived in the city, and amon...

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Games. the 100 minute event wont be as long or as grand as those in the past but there will be plenty of fireworks and some 3,000 performers despite beijings best efforts to stop the covid-19 pandemic. many athletes are worried or unsure if they will be able to compete. there are 21 new infections. that is as of thursday. since the closed loop system began on january 23rd, more than 300 cases have been identified and if that wasnt enough to keep you on your toes, well, the russia/china partnersh...

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