A passenger infected with coronavirus flew to China in the same plane with the Norwegian Olympians

According to the manager of winter sports of the Olympic Committee of the Kingdom Helge Bartnes, "the situation is very difficult".
The Norwegian Olympic Committee confirmed that together with the athletes flying from Oslo Gardermoen airport to Beijing, there was a person infected with coronavirus on board the plane. This was announced on Tuesday by the broadcasting corporation NRK.

"The situation is very difficult," NRK quotes Helge Bartnes, the manager for winter sports of the Olympic Committee of the Kingdom.
On Monday evening, the first flight with the athletes of the Norwegian national team flew to China. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing will take place on February 4, and the Games will end on February 20. Due to the difficult epidemic situation, all competitions will be held under strict sanitary safety measures.