Beijing 2022 COVID-19 countermeasures adjusted even as cases of virus emerge


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Beijing [China], January 25 (ANI): The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games Organizing Committee (BOCOG) and the Chinese authorities have adjusted the Games' COVID-19 rules, a move that means fewer athletes are likely to be tripped up by positive tests. The organizing committee has decided to adjust the criteria for determining the nucleic acid test results, the IOC said in a statement. Under the new measures, only those with a PCR result that shows a Cycle Threshold (CT) of less than 35 will be considered COVID-19 positive, instead of the original 40. "The COVID-19 countermeasures for the Olympic Games Beijing 2022...