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A worker in PPE including gloves, a face mask, eye protection and an apron, swabs an NHS worker at a drive-in facility to set up to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)A worker in PPE including gloves, a face mask, eye protection and an apron, swabs an NHS worker at a drive-in facility to set up to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
A worker in PPE including gloves, a face mask, eye protection and an apron, swabs an NHS worker at a drive-in facility to set up to test for the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in the car park of Chessington World of Adventures (Photo: BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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