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CHINA-HEALTH: CASIC DEVELOPS HI-TECH AUTOMATIC COVID-19 SWAB TEST DEVICE

The South China Morning Post (August 18) disclosed that an automaton that can perform a Covid-19 oral swab test in 35 seconds became a star attraction at the opening on August 18 of the World Robot Conference 2022 in Beijing, where a quarter of the 36 featured robotic innovations are built for pandemic prevention and medical care. That new robot was designed by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) to mark the company’s initial foray into automated Covid-19 testing products. Wang Shunwei, head of CASIC’s technology innovation centre, said the machine could soon be deployed by the General Administration of Customs in Beijing to test arriving airline passengers from abroad