An Olympic shuttle bus passes the National Indoor Stadium, a venue for hockey events, at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, February 10, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A resident plays a ribbon as visitors walk by the Turret of the Forbidden City covered with snow fall in Beijing, Sunday, February 13, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A boy wearing a protective mask is seen in a tourist electric car, following new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A couple wearing protective masks kiss on the Bund on Valentine's Day, following new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Shanghai, China on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





This aerial photo taken on February 15, 2022 shows residents queueing to undergo nucleic acid tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nantong in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A worker looks behind curtains before the women's play-offs semifinal match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games ice hockey competition between USA and Finland, at the Wukesong Sports Centre in Beijing on February 14, 2022. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)





Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics volunteers pose with single red roses as they hand them out to journalists and personnel leaving a 'closed loop' hotel on Valentine's Day, in the Thaiwoo ski resort in Zhangjiakou, China, February 14, 2022. (Photo by Emily Roe/Reuters)





People lie in hospital beds outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on February 15, 2022, as the city faces its worst Covid-19 coronavirus wave to date. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)





Blacksmiths throw molten metal to create a shower of sparks, on the eve of the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of Lunar New Year celebrations, at a park in Beijing on February 15, 2022. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





A woman wearing a traditional costume holds a lantern as she visits the Longqingxia Ice and Snow Festival, during the Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Tuesday marks the Lantern Festival in China, the final day of the annual celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Residents line up to get tested for the coronavirus at a temporary testing center for COVID-19, in Hong Kong, Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Hong Kong's leader on Tuesday said a surge of coronavirus cases is overwhelming the city's emergency resources, but defended strict measures that have been imposed. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Residents tour the ice sculptures lit by colorful lights at the Longqingxia Ice and Snow Festival, during the Lantern Festival in Yanqing district of Beijing, Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Tuesday marks the Lantern Festival in China, the final day of the annual celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A hotel worker in protective gear watches a live broadcast of a men's curling match between China and Switzerland in the lobby area of the Shangri-La Hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





A server wearing protective gear takes an order from a member of the Canadian Olympic team in a restaurant inside the Shangri-La Hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in Beijing. (Photo by Jae C. Hong/AP Photo)





People, including current hospital patients, showing COVID-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong Wednesday, February 16, 2022. China's leader Xi Jinping took a personal interest in Hong Kong's outbreak, saying it was the local government's “overriding task” to control the situation, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Wednesday. (Photo by Vincent Yu/AP Photo)





Cleaning staff wearing protective masks and face shields ride an escalator at the Olympic main media centre, which is part of the Olympic COVID-19 “bubble”, during the Beijing 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, 16 February 2022. (Photo by Roman Pilipey/EPA/EFE)





A worker pulls one of her colleagues on a sled, normally used to transport boxes, in the finish area of the alpine ski venue at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, February 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (Photo by Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)





A worker wearing face mask, asks a man to scan the government's contact tracing QR code for the “LeaveHomeSafe” COVID-19 mobile app at an entrance of a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Thursday, February 17, 2022. Hong Kong on Thursday reported 6,116 new coronavirus infections, as the city’s hospitals reached 90% capacity and quarantine facilities are at their limit, authorities said. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





During the Winter Olympics, workers clear snow from a ramp before a ski-jumping trial round at National Ski Jumping Centre in Zhangjiakou, China, on February 17, 2022. (Photo by Hannah Mckay/Reuters)





Volunteers attend the venue ceremony after the freestyle skiing men's ski cross big final during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the Genting Snow Park P & X Stadium in Zhangjiakou on February 18, 2022. (Photo by Marco Bertorello/AFP Photo)