Medical personnel work at a test drive site in an out-of-service aircraft hangar at Guetersloh airport after an outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Guetersloh, Germany, Germany, 27 June 2020 REUTERS / Leon Kuegeler BERLIN (Reuters) – The state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in western Germany said on Monday that, …
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