South Korea launches 'drive-through' coronavirus testing facilities

Medical staff wearing protective gear take samples from a driver with suspected symptoms of the coronavirus, at a "drive-through" virus test facility in Goyang, north of Seoul, on Feb 29, 2020. - AFP

SEOUL (Reuters): From inside his car, a driver is checked for any fever or breathing difficulties by medical staff in protective clothing and goggles who lean in through the window at a new drive-thru coronavirus clinic in South Korea.

He drove off after the brief test showed he was clear.