Tokyo asks China to stop anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens

Tokyo asks China to stop anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens

Today·2021-03-02 08:00

TOKYO — Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens as the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesman said on Monday (March 1).

Chief cabinet secretary Katsunobu Kato said the government has not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask China to alter the way of testing.

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