told residents if they see a vehicle part of the olympic convoys get into a crash to stay away. they have a specialized group of medics to respond to those incidents. it also helps keep visiting journalists from leaving the capital city to other regions to explore controversial topics. with the world s attention the olympics allows china to showcase its perceived superiority in containing the virus, especially compared with countries like the u.s., but this will in many ways also be a tale of two cities, one curated for the olympic arrivals and pre selected groups of spectators, another that is the real beijing. though some local beijing residents are now in a bubble of their own, communities locked down after recent cases surfaced in the city outside the olympic boundaries. a mounting challenge for a country that s trying to keep covid out and yet still stage a global sporting spectacle to wow the world.
of these reasons and others as well a recent study concluded. keeping covid out remains a priority for china, and there are two other factors that are relevant to this. the first is the winter olympics in beijing this february. china doesn t want any covid disruptions during this moment on the world stage. foreign spectators are barred and tickets are not being sold and such measures appear to be popular. as beijing is the capital city, the prevention measures- here are a bit stricter. tickets not being sold is a way of epidemic i prevention, so i support it. the other key event is the national party congress. these pictures are from the last one in 2017. this congress decides to future leadership
people tested positive for covid at this hong kong housing estate and this outbreak isn t being linked to hamsters. but animal rights activists and some pet owners are still spooked. the concern really is if it starts with hamsters, where does it go next? will we see companion animals such as cats and dogs being grouped into this? and that s a really real fear that people have. reporter: this woman says she s gotten a surge of inquiries from pet owners looking for seats on private planes in just the last week. what is the alternative if you re a pet owner and you want to leave the city? give your pet up for adoption. a lot of people they try to find new homes for their fur babies and it s devastating. reporter: we don t know if hong kong, the government is going to change its policy here to try to keep covid out. it s struggling at home.
especially marked lanes. officials have told residents if they see one of the vehicles that s part of the olympic c convoys get into a crash to stay away. they ve actually got a specialized unit of medics to respond to those incidents. it s all to keep the virus from potentially spreading. it also helps keep visiting journalists from leaving the capital city to other regions to explore controversial topics. with the world attention, the olympic allows china to showcase its perceived superiority in containing the virus, especially compared with countries like the u.s. but this will be a tale of two cities. one curat for the olympic arrivals and preselected groups of spectators. another that is the real be beijing. though some local beijing residents are now in a bubble of their own, communities locked down after recent cases surfaced in the city outside the olympic boundaries. a mounting challenge for a country that s trying to keep covid out and yet still stage a
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