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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Tim Hanlon

Woman filmed taking Covid test by swabbing her throat and nose on busy London train

A passenger has been filmed taking a Covid test in a busy London tube carriage while shocked fellow travellers look on.

The smartly dressed woman can be seen swabbing her throat and nose while sitting on the Jubilee Line service.

She started by laying out the contents of what appears to be a Lateral Flow test on the blue chair next to her.

The clip was posted on TikTok and the caption reads: "We all feel at home but is it really the right place to take a Covid test?"

The passenger sat across from her sneakily films on their phone as she unscrews the swap and pushes it towards the back of her throat.

Guidelines for taking the Lateral Flow test advise it being done in a clean environment (realadventure TikTok)

She then drops it into the tube and tightly screws on the lid before discarding the waste into a plastic bag.

As it may have been a precautionary test there is no suggestion that she was showing Covid symptoms but guidelines advise to carry it out in a clean environment.

Researchers at Imperial College London found no evidence of Covid lingering on London's tubes and buses eight months ago.

There were fears the cramped underground trains that see millions of commuters daily could become hotbeds for transmission of the virus.

But it is recommended to take the tests somewhere with a clean, flat surface.

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