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Workers Allegedly Washed, Reused Cotton Swabs For Indonesia Airport Passengers COVID-19 Tests
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They allegedly repacked used swabs at the main office and sent them to the airport
Thousands of recycled cotton swabs may have been used on passengers for months
The alleged scam happened amid fears of a resurgence in COVID-19 cases
Several workers of a pharmaceutical company in Indonesia have been arrested for allegedly reusing cotton swabs on airport passengers who were getting tested for COVID-19.
Passengers in Indonesia are required to have a negative COVID-19 test result before boarding a flight, and many of them prefer to have the test in the airport to save some time. However, authorities found that several employees of Kimia Farma, which was offering the rapid tests at Kualanamu airport in Medan, North Sumatra, were allegedly washing, repacking and reselling used cotton swabs, reported South China Morning Post (SCMP).
Rio de Janeiro will not host its famous carnival this year due to a deadly revival of the coronavirus epidemic in Brazil, the city s mayor Eduardo Paes has announced.
Rio s samba schools, which organise the celebratory parades, had hoped to hold the signature event in July after it was postponed from its usual slot in February or March.
But in a tweet late Thursday, Paes quashed the possibility of holding the event this year, adding that it would foolish to imagine at this point that the conditions will exist for us to hold the carnival in July .
Brazil has been in the grips of a second wave of infections since November, with more than 1,000 daily deaths and an overall toll of more than 214,000 deaths - second only to the United States.
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