In a letter to Prince Ahmed, the chairman of the Yao AO Council, Ji Zhongwen, the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, also stressed that the new Crown pneumonia epidemic did not affect the preparatory work of the Sanya organizing committee. Will Yasha postpone the competition due to the epidemic.
Xinhua News Agency, Haikou, March 9 (Reporter Liu Bo) on the afternoon of the 8th Beijing time, the Asian Olympic Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Yao AO Council”) sent emails to the Olympic committees of 45 Asian countries and regions, report the situation of the clearing of hospitalized cases of Sanya’s new crown pneumonia, and state again that the 6th Asian Beach Games (hereinafter referred to as “Sanya Yasha games”) in 2020 will be held from November 28 this year to December 6.
On the morning of March 8, with the last confirmed case of covid-19, the patient was cured and discharged from hospital, marking the clearing of hospitalized cases in Sanya. In the past two months, the organizing committee of Sanya Yasha conference has focused on the prevention and control of the epidemic, on the preparation of the event, and on the preparations for the venue construction, the construction of the main media center, the opening and closing ceremonies, etc, and actively communicate with the Yao AO Council, timely report the progress of epidemic prevention and control in Sanya and the preparation of the Yasha conference, and get the understanding and support of the Yao AO Council.
Especially after learning the news that the confirmed patients of Sanya’s newly diagnosed coronavirus were cleared, the Yao AO Council immediately informed the Olympic committees of 45 Asian countries and regions by email, he also said that he has been in close contact with the Chinese Olympic Committee and the local organizing committee recently. The Yao AO Council will continue to support China’s partners and work together in the coming weeks and months. The report mentioned that the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee, Ji Zhongwen, also stressed in his letter to Prince Ahmed, the chairman of the Yao AO Council, that the new Crown pneumonia epidemic did not affect the preparatory work of the Sanya organizing committee, and the Yasha meeting would not delay the competition because of the epidemic.