Anal swabs offered to employees who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid

And he added: “Faced with a tragic situation like the one in which we live where we have lost 112,000 citizens, having such an attitude is delayed, fundamentally with totally fragile arguments that do not respond to any type of globalization. epidemic like this. “

In this sense, the infectologist stressed the importance of being immunized against Covid and of continuing with care and of avoiding relaxing despite the drop in cases across the country. “I invite people to realize that the only way to overcome this situation is with two doses of vaccine and to continue with absolute and strict compliance with all health measures. Otherwise, we will continue to have problems”, a- he closed.

Why do you choose the anal swab against Covid over the classic?

Quoted by Global Times, the director of the Clinical Center for Public Health of Fudan University (Shanghai), Lu Hongzhou, assured that the Covid anal tests are “more stable and precise” than those of the nose and throat, in which are more likely to take unusable samples or give erroneous results.

According to Chinese scientists, the coronavirus disappears more quickly in these types of swabs than in anal swabs, which would mean that the latter would be more suitable for asymptomatic carriers or those whose respiratory symptoms have resolved. However, Lu clarified that anal testing is not applicable to the massive testing that takes place in Chinese cities as soon as certain cases are detected.

According to official instructions, the anal swab should be inserted three to five centimeters (1.2 to 2 inches) into the patient’s rectum and rotated several times to collect the sample. The test is supposed to be performed by a medical worker and takes about 10 seconds.