Children as Young as Age Four Can Self-Swab for COVID-19 Testing
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 …
How to Collect a Mid-nasal Swab Specimen for Covid-19 Testing
COVID-19 Mid-Nasal Swab Collection Instructions 1. Instruct the patient to tilt their head back 70 degrees. 2. Using gloves and keeping the tip sterile, remove the swab. 3. While rotating, insert the swab one inch or less until resistance is met at the turbinates. 4. Rotate the swab 3-5 times against the nasal wall and repeat in the other nostril …
COVID-19 Outbreak Developing in Xi’an
Food couriers bring supplies to social workers at a closed residential community in Xi’an, Shaanxi province, 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 …
