Brian McCloskey, chairman of the expert medical panel, noted that everyone in the bubble is being tested and that nearly everyone has been vaccinated.
Organizers said Tuesday that more than 30 athletes at the Beijing Olympics are in isolation facilities after testing positive for the coronavirus."We will allow as many people out of isolation as we can, but only as many as we can do safely," said Brian McCloskey, chairman of the expert medical panel for the Beijing Games.
The disclosure that 32 athletes are in isolation facilities came after complaints from athletes and teams about inedible food, dirty rooms and a lack of training equipment and internet access. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, Beijing organizers require everyone in the so-called Olympic bubble to take daily PCR lab tests. Those who are confirmed positive are taken to an isolation facility until they're cleared for discharge with negative tests.McCloskey noted that infected people can continue testing positive intermittently for a long time, even if they're not contagious.
"I think your chance of picking up COVID in the closed-loop is less than anywhere else in the world," he said.
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