Coronavirus now tested with phone booths in South-Korea
South-Korea hospitals can perform coronavirus tests with phone booths.
Patients first consult with a medical professional after which a staff takes samples from their nose and throat with arm-length rubber gloves.
The examination takes 7 minutes booths are equipped with negative air pressure to prevent air leaks, they are disinfected and ventilated after each test.
According to kim Sang-il a health practitioner she says they use to collect samples inside a large negative pressure room and it takes a long time to disinfect the place afterwards.
She says they take eight or nine samples a day, but there efficiency has increased almost tenfold. They take 70-80 samples a day.
Booths are also safer as each accepts only one patient at a time.
South-Korea has been lauded for its mass testing, to stop the spreed of infection, it has tested more than 290,000 people.
The country was the hardest hit outside China.
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It reported 152 new cases on march 19,down from a daily peak of 909 weeks earlier.
South-Korea has confirmed 8,565 infections and 91 deaths as of March 19.
