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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 announcement Monday coincided with that of the first team member – athlete, coach or official – testing positive upon arrival at Beijing airport. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said in a statement 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 …