The Beijing Olympic Committee has set a higher threshold for sensitivity on COVID-19 testing compared to the number being used by Canadian health standards. © Associated Press A medical worker sprays disinfectant on the test samples collected from people at a mobile coronavirus testing facility a residential area in Beijing. If a person does test positive on arrival, they will be isolated until they can produce two negative test results. McCloskey said Chinese athletes and any others entering the Olympic closed-loop system are subject to the same testing protocols. "So they're much much much less likely to test positive than somebody who's travelling from the UK or Canada for example, where Omicron has been everywhere for a few weeks."

Source: CBC News January 22, 2022 05:54 UTC