{"id":2383,"date":"2021-03-02T13:30:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2021-03-02T13:30:16","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T12:30:16","slug":"japan-to-china-stop-doing-anal-covid-19-tests-on-our-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/japan-to-china-stop-doing-anal-covid-19-tests-on-our-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan to China: Stop doing anal COVID-19 tests on our citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese authorities have requested the Japanese government to stop carrying out anal swab tests for COVID-19 on its citizens because the procedure causes psychological pain.<\/p>\n<p>Katsunobu Kato, Japan&#8217;s chief cabinet secretary said\u00a0some Japanese reported the procedure at the country&#8217;s embassy in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome Japanese reported to our embassy in China that they received anal swab tests, which caused a great psychological pain,\u201d Kato told a news conference.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the Japanese government had not received a response that Beijing would change the testing procedure, so Japan would continue to ask <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/03\/01\/covid-19-coalition-salutes-fg-nphcda-overall-early-arrival-of-vaccine\/\">China<\/a> to alter the way of testing.<\/p>\n<p>It was not known how many Japanese citizens received such tests for the coronavirus, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Some Chinese cities were reportedly using samples taken from the anus to detect potential coronavirus infections. \u00a0To collect test samples, the swab needs to be inserted about three to five centimetres (1.2 to 2 inches) into the rectum and rotated several times.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the complaint, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said Beijing\u2019s testing methods were \u201cscience-based\u201d and \u201cin accordance with the changes in the epidemic situation as well as relevant laws and regulations\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This comes days after China\u2019s foreign ministry denied that US diplomats in the country had been required to take anal swab tests for Covid-19, following media reports that some had complained about the procedure.<\/p>\n<p>Tests using anal swabs can avoid missing infections as virus traces in faecal samples or anal swabs could remain detectable for a longer time than in those from the respiratory tract, Li Tongzeng, a respiratory diseases doctor in Beijing, told state television back in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese authorities have requested the Japanese government to stop carrying out anal swab tests for COVID-19 on its citizens because the procedure causes psychological pain. 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