Coronavirus crisis: Japan asks China to stop anal swab tests for COVID-19


Source: perthnow.com.au perthnow.com.au

Key Topics in this News Article:

News Snapshot:

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Asia World News Tokyo has asked Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for COVID-19 on Japanese citizens as the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesman says. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government has not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask China to alter the way of testing. "Some Japanese reported to our embassy in China that they received anal swab tests, which caused a great psychologial pain," Kato told a news conference. It was not known how many Japanese citizens received such tests for...