Omicron risk and record Delta outbreak threaten to burst China’s ‘pre-Game’ Olympic bubble

On Tuesday, China officially opened its bubble for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, setting the stage for thousands of medal hopefuls and other participants to descend on what has been the most sealed-off country in the world since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.“China has vowed to present the world with streamlined, safe, and splendid Games,” China’s state-run newspaper, the China Daily