Indonesia cops investigate reuse of cotton swab in Covid-19 tests by rogue testers at airport, SE Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

JAKARTA – Indonesian police are investigating a case involving officers of state pharmaceutical company Kimia Farma who reused cotton swab on passengers during Covid-19 antigen rapid on-site tests, at an airport in North Sumatra province. The cotton swab used to rub the nasopharyngeal cavity of the passengers at the Kualanamu international airport was washed and then reused on other passengers, police said. The police have yet to find the motive. Each traveller is charged between 200,000 rupiah (S$18) and 300,000 rupiah at Indonesian airports for the on-site Covid-19 testing, if one does not show any proof they tested negative of…