some outside. zhang junying was a volunteer at the 2008 beijing olympics. this year, she is volunteering again. translation: we are just ordinary people working i as assistants as best we can. if we do every little thing well, we can help complete something huge like the olympics. nearly 2,000 volunteers have joined armies of security staff. they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy olympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this lunar new year holiday. stephen mcdonell, bbc news, beijing.
australia were eliminated by south korea. ji so yun s long range strike with three minutes remaining the only goal of the game as south korea also booked a place at the women s world cup. lydia ko claimed her 17th career lpga tour win following victory at the gainbridge in florida on sunday. this birdie putt at the 15th hole putting her ahead of the field as the new zealander beat danielle kang to win the tournament. herfinal round of three under par leaving the former world number one 14 under, one shot better than kang. japan s yuka saso shot a final round 67 to you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that s bbc.com/sport. but from me, mark edwards and the rest of the team, goodbye. later this week, beijing will become the first city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics. putting on one of the world s biggest sporting events in a country still
move between zones. special high speed trains also connect to the city and the mountain venues. to get an idea of the scale of this, let s have a look ata map. there are three main bubble areas one in downtown beijing, one in beijing s mountains and another in the mountains of neighbouring hubei province, with bubble transport in between. but it s even more complicated than you might think because there are also these little satellite bubbles attached to the main ones. this 5 star hotel, for example, is its own isolation bubble. those staying there won t meet anyone out here in the street they will just shuttle from the hotel to the olympic events then, after that, leave china. thousands of university students will help to make the olympics run smoothly, some inside the bubbles,
they will separate categories of people to reduce covid 19 transmission at the games. beijing has been testing entire housing communities following recent outbreaks of the virus. as for the public, they may not be able to buy olympic tickets, but at least they can watch the games on television during this new year holiday. after several years of being kept out of the classroom, teenage mothers in tanzania have been returning to schools this month. pregnant pupils were prohibited from attending classes by the former president in 2017. but late last year, president samia suluhu hassan overturned the ban, giving these girls a second chance to finish their education. the bbc s aboubakkar famau reports from a school in the country s southern highlands. classes are back. it was a wish come
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