A member of staff collects the last COVID-19 PCR tests, at the Covid testing site of Svagertorp, Malmoe, Sweden, Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Starting Wednesday, Sweden ends the wide-scale testing for COVID-19 even among people showing symptoms of coronavirus infection, a move that puts the Scandinavian nation at odds with most of Europe but could become the norm as the costs of testing yields fewer benefits as the omicron variant proves milder and governments begin to consider treating covid-19 as other endemic illnesses. (Photo by Johan Nilsson/TT News Agency via AP Photo)
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