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A female soldier wearing personal protective equipment holds a nasal swab to the nose of an infant; the child is being held by a woman who's also wearing a face mask.

Infant Gets Tested

Washington Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Cassie Saephanh with the 194th Medical Group, Camp Murray, Wash., uses a nasal swab to test an Afghan infant for the COVID-19 virus at the medical isolation dorm, Liberty Village, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Sept. 24, 2021. The Defense Department — through Northern Command and in support of the Department of Homeland Security— is providing transportation, temporary housing, medical screening and general support for at least 50,000 Afghan evacuees.

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