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Scientists have come up with an easier test to check your body's ageing process.
BANGKOK: A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday (March 28), gouging open roads, toppling century-old religious monuments and destroying multistory buildings as it shook a vast expanse of South-east Asia and dealt another severe blow to a country that has been ripped apart by civil war.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- A new study published Friday on pediatric COVID-19 testing in U.S. schools found that with age-appropriate instructions, school-aged children can successfully use a nasal swab to obtain their own COVID-19 test specimen.
Hong Kong health authorities’ latest move to stop taking nasal swab samples for Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests may allow more imported cases to enter the community, but does not pose a risk to the local pandemic situation, medical experts have said.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has made clarification on the revised operating hours for swab centres in the Sultanate.
Brunei’s first drive-through swab testing facility opened at the Bridex Hall in Jerudong, in line with the continuing efforts to expedite the capacity and results for SARS-CoV-2 virus testing in view of rising Covid-19 cases in the country.
PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 nasal swab tests are not allowed in schools, says the Education Ministry.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Female athletes will soon have to undergo a one-time genetic test to compete in women's events, World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said on Tuesday, after proposals to tighten eligibility rules were discussed at the body's council.
An additional swab test centre using the drive-through method has been set up at the Bridex Hall, Jerudong, to speed up the capacity and results for SARS-CoV-2 virus testing, while also reducing crowds at the current swab test centre.
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Two hundred and fifteen individuals tested positive during mass swabbing operations so far, Minister of Health Dato Seri Setia Dr Mohd Isham Jaafar said during a press conference on Tuesday (Oct 26).
GEORGE TOWN: Residents at the Rifle Range Flats in Ayer Itam, Penang, underwent swab tests after Covid-19 cases were detected there.
PETALING JAYA: Compelling manufacturers in enhanced movement control order areas to carry out Covid-19 tests for their workers twice a week is costly and ineffective, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).
PETALING JAYA: Regular Covid-19 swab tests for workers in the manufacturing sector in enhanced movement control order areas will be costly and ineffective, says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF).
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has released the requirements for pre-departure Covid-19 RT-PCR testing (swab tests) at the Sports Complex of the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha (RIPAS) Hospital and the Berakas Health Centre.
National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers have developed a new method of producing nasopharyngeal Covid-19 testing swabs and are preparing to produce 40 million of them in the coming months.
Beijing (AFP): China has begun using anal swabs to test those it considers at high risk of contracting Covid-19, state TV reported, with social media users and travellers squirming over the invasive procedure which doctors say can be more effective in detecting the virus.
SIBU: The compulsory Covid-19 swab test for anybody entering or leaving Bintulu is a financial strain on the people, says Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan.
SWAB booths are now located at 170 clinics islandwide to allow those with shortness of breath and cough or showing any sign of a Covid-19 infection to get tested while bolstering the safety of the general practitioners (GPs), clinic staff and their patients.
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The Covid-19 emergency hospital at the Wisma Atlet Kemayoran in Central Jakarta has started a study on early Covid-19 detection through a conjunctival swab test, after patients reported experiencing eyesight issues prior to showing the disease’s usual symptoms.
