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Olympic organizers have slightly eased coronavirus regulations for the upcoming Beijing Winter Games in response to a debate on when a test should be considered positive. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement on Monday that the Cycle Threshold (CT) value in PCR tests was lowered from China’s level of 40 to 35 for Games participants. Many other countries have a cut-off of 30. People are considered more contagious the lower the level is, and the change also reduces fears that athletes, officials and others could test negative at home before departure but positive upon arr…