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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A nurse wearing a facemask and face shield does a nasal swab test.

Swab Test

May Oliva, a clinical nurse assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego, administers a nasopharyngeal swab to test a patient for the coronavirus during a trial for AstraZeneca’s candidate for the COVID-19 vaccine, Dec. 17, 2020. The trial is part of Operation Warp Speed, a national initiative to accelerate the development, production and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

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