Asian Games 2022 postponed, is pandemic the reason? Know details

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Asian Games 2022

New Delhi: According to a big news coming from the sports world, the Asian Olympic Council said on Friday that the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou, China from 10 to 25 September 2022 will be postponed for the time being. Has been given.

However, no reason has been given by the Chinese media for postponing it. But it is also true that at present the cases of corona virus are increasing continuously in China. In such a situation, Corona is believed to be the reason for postponing the Asian Games.

Significantly, the Asian Games 2022 was to be held in Hangzhou. But now there is no information about when it will start. It is to be known that regarding the Asian Games, the organizers had said that the construction of about 56 competition venues for the Asian Games in Hangzhou, a city of 12 million in the eastern part of China, has been completed.

Asian Games 2022

But now the cases of corona virus are increasing in Shanghai, China’s largest city. In such a situation, a lockdown was imposed there. At the same time, Hongzhou is located near Shanghai.

Let us tell you that in view of the increasing outbreak of the Omicron form of the corona virus in Beijing and Shanghai, on Thursday itself, President Xi Jinping directed the officials to strictly follow the ‘Covid-zero’ policy and said that the epidemic Prevention has now reached the ‘critical stage’.

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