A viral video purportedly showing ‘officials’ using swab test kits on fish in China is said to demonstrate COVID-19 tests on fish and in reality, it is happening in the coastal city of Xiamen, where the workers on fishing boats, as well as their catch, have to undergo swab testing as part of import controls.
According to newspapers in the UK, says to ensure that the virus does not enter the city, city officials have ordered that all fishers and their catch undergo a daily nucleic swab acid test.
According to the political and legal committee of the Xiamen Jimei district, it was necessary to swab both returning workers and their “materials” immediately upon disembarking each day. This is because some fishers had made illegal trades or contact with overseas vessels while at sea, “resulting in the import of the coronavirus.”
