{"id":5275,"date":"2021-02-25T11:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T11:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2021-02-25T11:42:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T11:42:00","slug":"china-denies-using-covid-19-anal-swabs-on-us-diplomats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/02\/25\/china-denies-using-covid-19-anal-swabs-on-us-diplomats\/","title":{"rendered":"China denies using Covid-19 anal swabs on US diplomats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China on Thursday said it had never asked US diplomats to undergo Covid-19 anal swabs, following American media reports that State Department personnel had complained of being subjected to the intrusive test.<\/p>\n<p>China \u2014 which has largely brought the virus under control domestically \u2014 said last month that anal swabs can be more effective than normal throat and nose swabs as the virus can linger longer in the digestive system.<\/p>\n<p>But Beijing rebuffed reports from\u00a0<em>Vice<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 citing US officials \u2014 that State Department employees in China had been given the test \u201cin error\u201d, despite diplomats being exempt from the procedure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5277\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-denies-using-Covid-19-anal-swabs-on-US-diplomats-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg\" alt=\"China-denies-using-Covid-19-anal-swabs-on-US-diplomats-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-denies-using-Covid-19-anal-swabs-on-US-diplomats-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-denies-using-Covid-19-anal-swabs-on-US-diplomats-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/China-denies-using-Covid-19-anal-swabs-on-US-diplomats-rapid-news-rapidnews-dailyrapid-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina has never requested US diplomatic personnel in China to undergo anal swabs,\u201d foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a regular press briefing on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>In an email to\u00a0<em>Reuters<\/em>, a State Department representative said it was \u201ccommitted to guaranteeing the safety and security of American diplomats and their families, while preserving their dignity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in China have used anal swabs to test people it considers at high-risk of contracting Covid-19, including residents of neighbourhoods with confirmed cases as well as some international travellers.<\/p>\n<p>State media reports that anal swabs had been used in Beijing during a small outbreak in January caused a social media uproar, with many commenters on Twitter-like Weibo reacting with a mix of horror and amusement.<\/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 last month.<\/p>\n<p>Stool tests may also be more effective in finding infections in children and infants as their waste carries a higher viral load than adults, researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong said in a paper published last year.<\/p>\n<p>But officials acknowledged it would be hard to use anal swabs as widely as the other methods, which have been used to test millions in mass campaigns, as the former technique was \u201cnot convenient\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China on Thursday said it had never asked US diplomats to undergo Covid-19 anal 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