Beijing Olympic Committee lowers COVID testing threshold for participants ahead of Games
A security guard in an area that will host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at Olympic Park. Photo: Andrea Verdelli/Getty Images
Beijing Olympics organizers and Chinese authorities have lowered the threshold for producing a negative COVID-19 test for participants arriving to participate in the Winter Games,Organizers for the Beijing Games had instituted testing standards tougher than those used by many sports leagues in the U.S.
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