A robot that carries out nasal swabbing to diagnose Covid-19 has been developed by clinicians who say the automated procedure is safe, faster and more comfortable compared with manual swab tests.

Social media users have been sharing a post saying any cold or common flu can be misdiagnosed as COVID-19. This is misleading.

IDI's Slamet Budiarto said that Indonesia's high coronavirus (COVID-19) mortality rate is due to the lengthy time to see swab test results.

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Many who’ve had a nasal Covid-19 test performed on themselves have described it as feeling like that swab got as far back as their brains.

Michael Tee, lead researcher for the saliva test, said the new procedure was 98.23-percent accurate compared with the RT-PCR swab test, which had a 99-percent accuracy rate.

The swab generally fits the bill. In some parts of the United States, health workers hand people the swab to test themselves, assuring a level of personal comfort.