'Say ahh': Chinese robots take throat swabs to fight Covid outbreak

Beijing (AFP) Jan 13, 2021

A Chinese city deployed robots to take Covid-19 throat swabs on Wednesday, as the country ramps up mass testing to stamp out local coronavirus outbreaks. In the northern city of Shenyang, robotic arms, built to collect samples quickly while lowering the risk of cross-infection between people, were used as part of a campaign to suppress a rise in cases in the surrounding province. Seemi