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'Say ahh': Chinese robots take throat swabs to fight Covid outbreak

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In the northern Chinese city of Shenyang, robotic arms, built to collect samples quickly while lowering the risk of cross-infection between people, were used as part of a campaign to suppress a rise in coronavirus cases in the surrounding province.

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