Amazon teams up with Bill Gates-backed group to deliver coronavirus test kits

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FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Amazon logo is seen in front of diplayed coronavirus disease in this illustration taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

The Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network, a group of medical, public health and research organizations, is collecting nasal swabs from a sample of people across King County and Seattle to learn how the infection is spreading in the areas.

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