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CAPE TOWN - Japan’s government has asked China to refrain from conducting anal swab Covid-19 tests when Japanese citizens enter the country as the procedure causes “psychological pain”. According to the BBC, China, which has managed to contain the spread of the virus first reported in its Wuhan city in December 2019, started the procedure in January this year. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV confirmed the swabs were being used, with doctors saying they were more effective in detecting the coronavirus. It said officials had taken anal swabs of residents in Beijing. “Some Japanese reported to our embassy in China that...
