Can I Compete if I Test Positive for Covid?

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According to the international olympic committee play book for athletes and team officials, you will be isolated in a hospital or isolation facility. There has been some thought put into place to allow athletes to participate even if they've been exposed. The rules are way more relaxed than what actually happens in the rest of china if youare close contact, or if you come down with covid 19.

The Games don’t begin until February 4, but the drama around the pandemic, free speech, and diplomatic boycotts has been building for months. NPR’s Emily Feng explains from Beijing.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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