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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak on February 24, 2020, MDA teams have tested over 2.5 million people from all over the country including 4,425 people who have returned to Israel from abroad who were tested at an MDA mobile test stand set up at Ben Gurion Airport. MDA Paramedics have taken 3,000 serological…
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