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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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A visitor at a Covid-19 drive-through testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A nurse checks the temperature of a visitor at the Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Medics inside a testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Instructions for those who come to be tested at the Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre. Antonie Robertson/The National
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A medic waits at the main screening station for the next visitor to be tested. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Nurses wait to test people for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A man uses his Emirates ID card to register before taking the test. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre will help identify undiagnosed cases in the emirate. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The nurses smile as visitors arrive at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Cars queue up at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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A visitor gets tested at the drive-through centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Nurses sanitise their hands after conducting a swab test. Victor Besa / The National
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A passenger waits to get tested at the Mina Rashid centre. Victor Besa / The National
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Nick Webster of The National gets briefed by a nurse before he is tested for coronavirus at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Cars queue up at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai.
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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A visitor at a Covid-19 drive-through testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A nurse checks the temperature of a visitor at the Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Medics inside a testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Instructions for those who come to be tested at the Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre. Antonie Robertson/The National
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A medic waits at the main screening station for the next visitor to be tested. Antonie Robertson / The National
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Nurses wait to test people for the coronavirus at a drive-through testing centre in Ras Al Khaimah. Antonie Robertson / The National
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A man uses his Emirates ID card to register before taking the test. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The Ras Al Khaimah drive-through testing centre will help identify undiagnosed cases in the emirate. Antonie Robertson / The National
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The nurses smile as visitors arrive at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Cars queue up at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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A visitor gets tested at the drive-through centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Nurses sanitise their hands after conducting a swab test. Victor Besa / The National
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A passenger waits to get tested at the Mina Rashid centre. Victor Besa / The National
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Nick Webster of The National gets briefed by a nurse before he is tested for coronavirus at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai. Victor Besa / The National
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Cars queue up at the National Screening Centre in Mina Rashid, Dubai.
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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The new screening drive through for COVID-19 in Al Bahyah, Abu Dhabi. Chris Whiteoak / The National
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