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    Japan To Allow Dentists To Conduct Coronavirus Tests

    Japan currently conducts about 9,000 tests per day and the move for dentists to administer them is aimed at relieving the burden on doctors and boosting capacity.
    by Scott Neuman Apr 28, 2020 1 minute
    A man reads a sports newspaper on the street amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Tokyo, on Tuesday.

    Japan will begin allowing dentists to take nose and throat swab samples to test patients for the novel coronavirus, according to The Japan Times.

    Japan currently conducts about 9,000 polymerase chain

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