（仮）パンデミックに関する英語表現集

（人）に（綿棒を使って）Covid-19の検査を行う
※PCR検査に際し、綿棒を使って検体を取ることを言う

swab 〜 for Covid-19

The nurse said: "I have to swab you for Covid-19." He stuck the swab stick so far down the back of my throat that I was retching, and then just as I was recovering, he said: "Now I have to do it up your nostrils."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52353275

swabは「綿棒」の意味の名詞だが、ここでは動詞として用いられている。動詞のswabの語義は*1:

to clean a cut or take a small amount of substance from a body using a small piece of soft material https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/englis...