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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

RARE PHOTOS: Ap photos bye bye bubble but 1 final zero covid reminder 40194908 676d 474e 9987 61ae62cbf90b | Vintage Vibes

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Leaving the Winter Olympics brings one full circle with a final early morning visit to an eerily empty Beijing airport.

Like a scene out of Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller “Contagion," masked travelers are greeted by an army of workers in full hazmat suits — white with blue stripes — with face shields or masks and goggles, a final, nondescript interaction after weeks inside the closed loop that kept Games participants separate from the general population.

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