Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Tokyo asks Beijing to stop anal swab tests

 

Yoshihide Suga poses for a portrait following a press conference after being elected the president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo, Japan on Sept. 14, 2020.


Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID-19 on Japanese citizens as the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesman said on Monday.

Some Chinese cities are using samples taken from the anus to detect potential COVID-19 infections as China steps up screening to make sure no potential carrier of the new coronavirus is missed….

https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-china-japan/tokyo-asks-china-to-stop-anal-swab-tests-for-covid-19-on-japanese-citizens-idUSL3N2KZ2LI

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