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Ashley Bloomfield gets tested for COVID-19 in August. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Getty
While the swab used in COVID-19 testing might appear to go uncomfortably deep, the chances of injury are extremely low , a new study has found.
And it s certainly less risky than catching the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Researchers in Finland looked at data from the Helsinki University Hospital emergency department from March 1 to September 30 last year, during which time 634,284 tests for COVID-19 were carried out.
Like in New Zealand, the Finns use reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing - which involves sticking a swab deep into the nasal cavity.
In a new study published in the journal JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, a group of Finnish researchers from the Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, investigated the frequency and type of complications that have arose following a Covid-19 nasal swab test
EU-funded project scrubs website after involvement of Israeli settlement university revealed
EU-funded project scrubs website after involvement of Israeli settlement university revealed
RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 29, 2021 (WAFA) - A European Union tax-payer funded research project has redacted or removed from its website a number of incriminating documents demonstrating involvement of illegal Israeli settlement-based Ariel University in the project, in violation of EU policy, according to a press release.
Archived copies reveal that the Horizon 2020 funded BOUNCE project removed evidence of Ariel University hosting a project dissemination event and as a “Stakeholder in Israel” in project deliverables. Additional documents listing an Ariel University professor as a project co-researcher, a “member of the Israel BOUNCE TEAM”, and as one of the “Researchers Involved in Data Collection” were also removed.