Covid Testing of Live Fish by Medical Workers During the Shanghai Outbreak 
By Tom O'Brien CN Source: centralrecorder 4/1/2022
Tom O'Brien
In China, a video showing medical staff performing a COVID-19-test on a live fish at the Shanghai wet markets has gone viral. This has led to internet users asking whether the government has gone too far to fight the virus.

The clip shows a doctor inserting a cotton swab in the mouth of a fish to check for Covid.

“Please don’t let go of it,”The local fishmonger is informed by the medical worker wearing full-body protection.

“Don’t worry, it won’t bite you,”The fishmonger replies with a laugh.
 

Changsha Broadcasting Station picked up the video and This video has been viewed more than 2.3 millions times.On the platform Haokan alone. It circulated since then on many Chinese social media platforms, including China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo.

“And what will they do if the test turns out to be positive? Will it have to be put in quarantine?”Haokan viewers commented. Others thought it was a “joke”You can also find out more about a “waste of resources.”

 
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