Slovakia's second round of coronavirus tests draws large crowds


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  • Sunday, 08 Nov 2020

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a person at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test site during second round of mass nationwide testing at The New Synagogue arts centre in Zilina, Slovakia November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

ZILINA, Slovakia (Reuters) - Slovakia held a second round of nationwide coronavirus testing on Saturday in an effort to curb increasing infections, with more than half a million people screened by noon.

Last weekend, more than 3.6 million people - two thirds of the population - took part in the first round of a scheme that other nations are studying as they look for ways protect their health systems.

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