A new study suggests that school aged children can swab their own samples for COVID-19 testing, according to clinical researchers from Atlanta’s Emory University School of Medicine and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Before this study, the FDA imposed regulations that prevented children younger than age 14 years from self-swabbing for COVID-19. New data led researchers to suggest updating this policy …

COVID-19 Mid-Nasal Swab Collection Instructions 1. Instruct the patient to tilt their head back 70 degrés. 2. Using gloves and keeping the tip sterile, retirer l'écouvillon. 3. While rotating, insérez l'écouvillon d'un pouce ou moins jusqu'à ce qu'une résistance soit rencontrée au niveau des cornets. 4. Rotate the swab 3-5 times against the nasal wall and repeat in the other nostril …

  Food couriers bring supplies to social workers at a closed residential community in Xi’an, Province du Shanxi, on Saturday. [Photo by YUAN JINGZHI/FOR CHINA DAILY] A citywide lockdown and mass COVID-19 testing in Xi’an, capital of Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, have enabled the city to reduce the risk of transmission, but the local outbreak is still developing, local authorities said …