Stop doing anal Covid tests on our citizens, Japan tells China


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0 Views: Visits 10 The Japanese government has asked Chinese authorities to stop carrying out anal swab test for Covid-19 on its citizens because the procedure causes psychological pain. Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, Katsunobu Kato, said some Japanese reported the procedure at the country’s embassy in China. “Some Japanese reported to our embassy in China that they received anal swab tests, which caused a great psychological pain,” Kato said. He also said the Japanese government had not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask China to alter the way of testing....