In order to go home, get an anal exam… “I’d rather not go”

[아시아경제 나한아 기자] After introducing anal tests for corona 19 screenings in some parts of China, some citizens are giving up on going home during the Lunar New Year holiday, Hong Kong’s Bin Fruit Daily reported. He would rather not go home than to undergo a humiliating examination to go home.

According to the Chinese government, returnees who want to go home during the Lunar New Year holiday period must have a certificate that has been negatively tested by nucleic acid testing seven days before departure.

According to the state-run Global Times, anal examinations are targeted at high-risk groups, such as those in close contact with the confirmed case in Beijing and Qingdao in Shandong Province.

Bloomberg News reported that at a school in Beijing, where the corona19 confirmed, 1,000 faculty members and students were tested for serum antibodies and nasal passages as well as the anus with a cotton swab.

The anal test was introduced because the coronavirus would remain in samples taken from the digestive and feces longer than the respiratory (3-5 days). In an interview with China’s Central (CC) TV, an infectious disease specialist, Li Tong-jung, insisted, “If you add an anal swab, the accuracy can be improved.”

However, Bloomberg reported, “There is no evidence that virus transmission is more common among patients who test positive in the anus.”

Among those who have experienced anal exams, many respondents say, “It’s not harmful, but it was very offensive.” When undergoing an examination, a process of gently rotating the swab several times after inserting the tip of the swab into the anus of 3 to 5 cm is included.

Meanwhile, Weibo recently posted a video of children who come out of Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, who have undergone an anal examination and walked out like penguins.

According to a poll conducted by Weibo, 80% of respondents said that the anal exam was’unacceptable’, the Washington Post reported.

Reporter Na Han-ah [email protected]

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