China Using Anal Swabs for COVID Testing

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China is not giving up on nasal or throat testing, but the country has adopted a new method for detecting the coronavirus: anal swabs.

Anal testing is being used so far only on select groups, mainly high-risk cases and people in quarantine. Some people who have been subjected to anal testing include passengers arriving in Beijing .

But not every scientist supports the practice of using anal swabs.

Yang Zhanqiu, a pathologist at Wuhan University, said that nasal and throat swabs are still the most efficient tests because the coronavirus is contracted through the respiratory system, not the digestive system.

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China Using Anal Swabs for COVID Testing

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