EASIER: Deep throat saliva specimens would be taken by travelers, which would allow authorities to reduce the number of people who oversee the testing process
Taipei Times
Date: Aug 31, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Virus Outbreak: CECC changes arrival testing process
EASIER: Deep throat saliva specimens would be taken by travelers, which would allow authorities to reduce the number of people who oversee the testing process
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
The Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) has decided to change the kind of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 required from international travelers arriving at airports, as of tomorrow.
Health authorities would take deep throat saliva (DTS) specimens instead of throat swabs, the center said yesterday.
The CECC evaluated the efficacy of DTS tests between July 2 and Monday last week, with DTS and throat swabs collected from 1,226 travelers who were required to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival at an airport, said Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC spokesman
A step-by-step instruction shows how to collect deep throat saliva for COVID-19 testing.
Photo courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center
Health authorities would take deep throat saliva (DTS) specimens instead of throat swabs, the center said yesterday.
The CECC evaluated the efficacy of DTS tests between July 2 and Monday last week, with DTS and throat swabs collected from 1,226 travelers who were required to take a COVID-19 test upon arrival at an airport, said Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Deputy Director-General Chuang Jen-hsiang (莊人祥), the CECC spokesman
A step-by-step instruction shows how to collect deep throat saliva for COVID-19 testing.
Photo courtesy of the Central Epidemic Command Center
“Among the travelers who were tested, 24 people were confirmed to have COVID-19,” Chuang said. [FULL STORY]
