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A doctor carries a syringe and swab kit in a kidney dish before carrying out coronavirus testing on a patients at a drive-in clinic at the hospital in Gross Gerau, Germany, on March 9. — A doctor carries a syringe and swab kit in a kidney dish before carrying out coronavirus testing on a patients at a drive-in clinic at the hospital in Gross Gerau, Germany, on March 9.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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By Birgit Jennen, Nicholas Comfort, and Steven Arons

March 10, 2020 at 12:51 PM UTC

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March 10, 2020 at 3:09 PM UTC

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