MOSCOW, Jan 23, by Sergey Yaremenko. Any manipulation of coronavirus test results excluded during the Beijing Olympics, said Brian McCloskey, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) medical expert group. The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from February 4 to 20. The organizing committee of the Olympics previously reported that among those who arrived at the Olympics in China since January 4, 39 cases of coronavirus infection have been detected. «Testing will be carried out by Chinese specialists in accordance with approved national standards. We are confident that there will be no errors and confusion. We use exactly the same system that is used around the world. High safety standards at all levels preclude any manipulation of test results,» McCloskey said at a press conference. we are absolutely sure that testing will help to identify the Omicron strain as well,” McCloskey said.
