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China Resumes An*al Swab Testing For COVID-19 Two Weeks Before Winter Olympics Begin To stop the spread of the Omicron variant before the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese government has brought back anal swab testing for Covid-19. At least 27 people underwent the controversial anal swab tests at an apartment building in Beijing where a 26-year-old woman had contracted Omicron, the city’s first recorded case of the variant, according to Chinese newspaper, The Beijing News. The anal tests involve inserting a sterile cotton swab up to two inches (5cm) into the rectum and rotating it several times. The swab is...
