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Chinese health authorities adopts faster mass testing for COVID-19

Chinese health authorities have adopted faster-pooled tests for the coronavirus that allow professional labs to process 20 samples at a time. The updated testing techniques, based on the current practice of putting five or 10 swab samples together and testing as one, are aimed at sharply boosting the efficiency of virus testing, said the State Council inter-agency task force for …

Why should masks be sterilized with ethylene oxide (EO)?

The masks on the market are basically divided into three categories: civilian masks, medical masks and professional respiratory protective masks. Civilian masks, such as disposable nursing masks. It mainly refers to the daily protective masks that meet the needs of most people’s daily life and work. Medical masks are divided into medical protective masks (N95 masks), medical surgical masks and …

FDA warns against incorrect use of at-home COVID-19 test requiring nasal swab

Viral social media posts say swabbing your throat will yield a more accurate COVID-19 test. The FDA warns it could be dangerous. AUSTIN, Texas — After a trend on social media, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns about safety concerns in swabbing your throat for an at-home COVID-19 test. Throughout most of the pandemic, many at-home tests required swabbing nostrils …

The United States Added More Than 1 Million New Cases of COVID-19 Yesterday

According to Bloomberg News, on January 3, the United States reported more than 1 million new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in a single day. This number created a new global record for single-day COVID-19 in a single country.and the new cases of COVID-19 on January 3 were almost twice as many as the new record set in the United States …

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 …

The U.S. Drug Administration Approves Emergency Use of the First Oral Covid-19 Antiviral Medicine

Xinhua News Agency, Washington, December 22 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) On the 22nd, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first oral drug that can be used urgently to treat COVID-19 infections in adults and children aged 12 and older who have mild to moderate COVID-19 illnesses, as well as those at higher risk of severe illness. The US Drug …

What Are the Advantages of 10-in-1 Mixed Sampling Testing

10 in 1 mixed sampling testing means that after 10 people sampled separately, the samples are put into the same virus sampling tube. This mixed sampling testing mode is suitable for large-scale testing projects and has the advantages of efficient screening and resource saving. So where are its advantages? A virus sampling tube only puts a sample of one person, …

What diseases can be checked with throat swabs?

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many people have done throat swabs when doing nucleic acid tests, so they have some understanding of throat swabs. So, in addition to nucleic acid testing, what other diseases can throat swabs check? What is a throat swab test? Pharyngeal swab examination is a frequently used examination method in respiratory medicine. When the throat of …

China Lowers the Price of Covid-19 Nucleic Acid Testing

A staff member deals with nucleic acid testing samples in a PCR (polymerase chain reaction) lab in Xianyou county, East China’s Fujian province, Sept 14, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] In order to control the expenditure on COVID-19 nucleic acid testing and screening at an affordable level, and strive to maintain a balance between epidemic prevention and control, economic development, and social life, …

Frequently Asked Questions About Mask Sterilization

Workers make medical protective masks at a factory in Nanchang, Jiangxi province. [Photo by Hu Guolin/For China Daily] A video, claiming the sterilization processes of masks leave carcinogens on the products, has raised concerns among the general public last week. So, what exactly does happen during mask production? Is it really a cause for concern? 1. What is used to …

Who Are Not Suitable for Nucleic Acid Testing?

For some people who are in high-risk areas and who may be infected with the COVID-19, it is very important to do a nucleic acid testing. but it is not suitable to do the testing if there are the following conditions：   1. 30 minutes before taking samples, it is not advisable to do nucleic acid testing for people who …

CDC Experts: The Existing COVID-19 Vaccine Still Effective Against Omicron Virus

The new coronavirus reproduces a new mutant strain “Omicron”. As of November 28, South Africa, Israel, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, Austria, and Hong Kong, China, have monitored the input of this mutant strain. The input of this mutant strain has not been found in other provinces and cities in our country. Many countries have upgraded their anti-epidemic measures to …