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A medical worker takes a swab sample from a resident to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Shenyang, in China's northeast Liaoning province on December 31, 2020. STR/AFP via Getty Images Japan has asked China to stop using anal swab Covid-19 tests on its diplomats. The request comes a week after the US State Dept. also asked China to stop the tests. China approved their use in Jan., citing studies that said the virus lasts longer in the anus than in the respiratory tract. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato has asked China to stop using anal swab coronavirus tests...
