South Korea has pioneered a drive-through COVID-19 testing station to minimise face-to-face interaction.
In the city of Goyang, people who suspect they have contracted the virus can drive into a parking lot and be met by health officials in hazmat suits who test them for the disease.
The entire process is over in minutes and the drivers don't even have to leave their cars.
The new drive-through site opened late last month and can test up to 384 people in a day.
"There's less face-to-face contact," mayor of Goyang Lee Jae-Joon is quoted as saying by CNN.
"If you operate a testing site indoors there is concern that suspected patients can infect each other in the waiting room."
Jae-Joon says the idea was inspired by drive-through options at cafes and restaurants such as Starbucks and McDonald's.
The number of confirmed cases in South Korea has skyrocketed from 31 to more than 5000 in a fortnight. At least 26 people have died from the disease.
South Korea has more than 500 testing sites which have screened over 100,000 people.
