PETALING JAYA, May 18 — A care worker in the UK was rushed in for emergency surgery after swallowing a six-inch Covid-19 test swab. Somehow, the cotton swab lodged itself in her throat.“The stick twanged in my mouth and got stuck at the back of my throat, with the swab down my throat and the end stuck in the roof of my mouth at the back.”Lee then rushed to the hospital, trying to remain calm as she was alone with the youngest of her two children.
“It had gone all the way into my tummy, the pictures they took with the camera down my throat even showed it near my intestines,” said Lee, adding that the swab had to be removed orally to avoid damage to her intestines.In 2020, an unnamed man in Hull, the UK, also ended up in the emergency room after accidentally swallowing a test swab.
The United States Food and Drug Administration in March issued a warning against improper usage of Covid-19 home test kits.
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