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Organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics have slightly relaxed their famously strict Covid-19 measures for participants in next month's Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Monday. The changes, which take immediate effect, include easing the threshold for being designated positive for Covid-19 from PCR tests, and reducing to seven days from 14 the period for which a person is deemed a close contact. The changes "have been developed in order to further adapt to the reality of the current environment and support the Games participants," the IOC said in a statement. The changes apply retrospectively, it added,...
