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A nurse at a drive-up coronavirus testing station set up by the University of Washington Medical Center uses a swab to take a sample from the nose of a person in a car Friday, March 13, 2020, in Seattle. UW Medicine is conducting drive-thru testing in a hospital parking garage and has screened hundreds of staff members, faculty and trainees for COVID-19. U.S. hospitals are setting up triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Hospitals across the countries are responding to the spread of the coronavirus by testing patients in circus-like triage tents, having them wait in their cars or creating separate entrances. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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A nurse conducts testing for the coronavirus in a hospital parking garage by using a swab to take a sample from the nose of a person in a car.

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Nurses at a drive-up COVID-19 coronavirus testing station set up by the University of Washington Medical Center wear protective gear as they wait under a heater next to a tent Friday, March 13, 2020, in Seattle. UW Medicine is conducting drive-thru testing in a hospital parking garage and has screened hundreds of staff members, faculty and trainees for COVID-19. U.S. hospitals are setting up triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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In a Sunday, March 15, 2020 photo, coronavirus patients at the Creekside HealthyNow clinic are asked to call or text the clinic when they arrive. A provider will then come to the car to triage the patient. (Janelle Retka/Yakima Herald-Republic via AP)

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Steve Moody, director of nursing at Central Maine Medical Center, enters a tent outside the emergency entrance to the hospital to test patients who have symptoms of the coronavirus, Friday, March 13, 2020, in Lewiston, Maine. U.S. hospitals are setting up circus-like triage tents, calling doctors out of retirement, guarding their supplies of face masks and making plans to cancel elective surgery as they brace for an expected onslaught of coronavirus patients. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

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Illustration on sharing disease research by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Health experts say those 60 and older and with underlying medical conditions have the biggest risk of developing a more serious coronavirus illness. (Associated Press/File)

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Medical personnel say the best way to prevent illness is to avoid being exposed to the coronavirus, which spreads through close contact, coughing and sneezing.people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (Claudio Furlan/LaPresse via AP) (Associated Press photographs)

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Can you pass a pandemic, plague and infectious disease test? (Courtesy Shutterstock)

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Throwing Away Soldiers and Babies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Joseph R. Biden and Michael Bloomberg interact with the audience at a recent Democratic debate. The next one, however, will have no audience whatsoever, due to concerns over the hazards of coronavirus. (Associated Press)

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A man wearing a mask rides a scooter in Milan on Wednesday. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that all stores except food markets and pharmacies will be closed in response to the outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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The Trump Fence Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Assorted Hollywood celebrities are now using the coronavirus as a way to criticize President Trump and his administration. (Associated Press)

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This undated electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in February 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, pink, cultured in the lab. Also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus causes COVID-19. The sample was isolated from a patient in the U.S. (NIAID-RML via AP) ** FILE **