China started using anal swabs to test ‘high-risk’ people for COVID-19
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China is now using anal swabs to test people who are considered to be at ‘high risk’ of contracting COVID-19.
Chinese officials took anal swabs from people who reside in neighbourhoods with confirmed COVID-19 cases, in Beijing. This is according to state broadcaster CCTV. People in designated quarantine facilities have also undergone tests.
This method is said to increase the detection rate of infected people, said a senior doctor from Beijing’s Youan hospital.
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