BEIJING, January 29, by Sergei Yaremenko. At the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not surprised by the surge in positive coronavirus testing at Beijing airport ahead of the start of the Olympics, said Brian McCloskey, chairman of the IOC medical expert panel. The Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing from February 4-20. All participants in the Olympics will live and compete in a «bubble» without the ability to go into the city and intersect with the local population. «Impressed with how the anti-epidemic system works at the Beijing Olympics — it is very effective. The test system at the airport works as we expected «It includes three stages: testing before departure, testing at the airport and testing inside the bubble. In recent days, the number of people entering the Games has increased — it has reached three thousand people. Of course, the number of positive tests has also increased — this is not surprising,» McCloskey said. at a press conference.
