Beijing: On arrival in Beijing ahead of the Winter Olympics, the German team said that it had been hit by an outbreak of Covid-19 with six confirmed cases.
“Three teams of Team D (Germany) are affected,” the German team said in a statement on Friday, without naming the people or sports teams affected.
“The team members are without symptoms and have been initially separated from the rest of the squad. There will be further PCR tests to confirm the results. The process from here on will be decided by the results.”
Those affected are all symptom-free and have been isolated from the rest of the team. The other 78 athletes who arrived on the same flight had tested negative.
Organisers have said so far 287 Games participants, which includes athletes, coaches, officials, media and organising staff, had tested positive in Beijing. A total of 610,000 tests had been conducted until Thursday.