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Facebook Tokyo has asked Beijing to stop giving anal swab tests to Japanese citizens when they enter China — because the exam for COVID-19 causes mental anguish. “Some Japanese reported to our embassy in China that they received anal swab tests, which caused a great psychological pain,” Katsunobu Kato, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, told a news conference. Kato said the government had not yet received a response from Beijing about changing the procedure, adding that it was not known how many Japanese citizens received such tests for the coronavirus, Reuters reported. Some cities in China were using anal samples to...
