China’s anal Covid tests are getting a bum rap. So why do them?

Travellers who underwent the tests have reported ‘great psychological pain’. We look at the rationale behind them

03 March 2021 - 19:27 By Ryan Woo and Roxanne Liu

Foreign visitors have been upset by China’s anal swab tests for Covid-19, prompting complaints of inconvenience and even psychological trauma, and stoking debate over their necessity...

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