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China shuts down viral video after anal Covid test accusation – Yahoo News Australia
A video of test recipients ‘walking like penguins’ has been viewed millions of times on social media.
Authorities in China have been forced to refute the authenticity of a viral video that claimed to show recipients of the nations controversial coronavirus anal swab walking like penguins.
Chinese health authorities made global headlines last week after it emerged it had begun testing people via the rectum, stating it was more accurate than nasal and throat swabs.
The move prompted a wave of reactions on Chinese social media, with many alarmed users on Twitter-like site Weibo suggesting it was embarrassing…
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