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Passengers wearing protective face masks walk at Lisbon's airport during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Lisbon, Portugal June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante
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Portugal to allow EU and UK tourists with a negative coronavirus test

The announcement came a day after the Portuguese tourism authority gave the green light to UK tourists to enter the country from Monday

File Photo: A health worker inside a kiosk is collecting nasal swab from a potential patient. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
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Long queues for Covid-19 tests amid lockdown

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker tests swabs for the novel coronavirus at the Microbiology department of North Devon District Hospital, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Barnstaple, Britain, June 3, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
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Tokyo asks China to stop anal swab tests for Covid-19 on Japanese citizens

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Labs in Chattogram start testing 2 coronavirus samples with 1 kit

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Dr. Robert Redfield testifies about coronavirus preparedness and response to the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
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US CDC has developed a single test that will check for coronavirus and both strains of the flu

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Long wait for Covid-19 test report in Barishal

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Tokyo bans flights from Dhaka after questionable Covid-19 tests

Maintaining a cordial relationship between patients and doctors at this tense time of an ongoing pandemic is more important than ever before. PHOTO: MUMIT M
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As tests pile up, infections spread, patients suffer

2,920 Bangladeshi migrant workers tested positive for coronavirus, according to data of the Singapore’s ministry of health on 19 April. Photo: Reuters
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Country still struggling to cope with Covid-19 testing needs

A worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a construction worker for nucleic acid test in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China, April 7, 2020. China Daily via Reuters
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Wuhan’s mass testing may have eradicated the coronavirus

A worker in a protective suit collects a swab from a construction worker for nucleic acid test in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in China, April 7, 2020. China Daily via Reuters
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Wuhan performed 6.5 million coronavirus tests in 9 days

Many nations are carrying out antigen tests to contain the second wave; Representational Image
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Confusion ensues over doctor’s Covid-19 test results