It’s not just people inside Beijing’s Olympic bubble who are getting tested for COVID-19. Workers in hazmat suits are also swabbing door handles, elevator buttons, couches and ATM machines, though health experts say surfaces pose little risk for spreading the virus.
It’s all part of the elaborate protocols to prevent the spread of the virus at the Games that also include limiting the movement of athletes and others to dedicated Olympic locations and daily testing for everyone inside that “closed loop" of sites.
