Stop doing anal Covid tests on our citizens, Japan tells China

Anal swabs cause great psychological pain', says Japan's chief cabinet secretary

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Tokyo has requested Beijing to stop taking anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens because the procedure causes psychological pain, a government spokesperson has said.

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