Organisers downplay fears as 11 at Winter Olympics in hospital with Covid

• None of those hospitalised are seriously ill in any way'
• Team GB's 109 athletes, coaches and team officials virus free

Eleven people at the Winter Olympics are in hospital with Covid, Beijing 2022 officials have revealed, although none are in a life-threatening condition.

Organisers have also downplayed concerns that the virus is spreading within the closed-looped' system in Beijing, which completely separates Olympic personnel from the general public, despite a further nine athletes and 23 team officials testing positive in the last 24 hours.