Observer Repoert Beijing
China’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday that US diplomats in the country had been required to take anal swab tests for Covid-19, following media reports that some had complained about the procedure.
US media outlet Vice on Wednesday cited a State Department official as saying the test was given in error and that China had said it would stop such tests on US diplomats.
“To my knowledge…China has never required US diplomatic staff stationed in China to conduct anal swab tests,” foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a daily news briefing in Beijing.
