Staff at University of Technology Sydney in Australia have designed a drive-through coronavirus testing centre in a converted shipping container, which is being hosted at the university.
This fully functioning prototype has been trialled by Sonic Clinical Trials for nearly a month. Its designers claim it is the country's "first purpose-built mobile Covid-19 testing centre".
Deborah Ascher Barnstone, a professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), and architect Robert Barnstone, who work together as Ascher Barnstone Design, designed the testing centre as a low-cost medical facility that could be easily transported to less developed countries.
The container is designed to be a comfortable and sheltered place for medical staff to use instead of standing outside or under a thin tent.
"Fortunately in Australia, we've managed to flatten the curve," said Deborah Ascher Barnstone.
"However, the pandemic is just getting started in developing countries, which are likely to be some of the hardest hit by this disease," she added.
"It's vitally important we protect healthcare workers too, by making sure they can wash their hands, stay safe and stay warm over winter, or cool and sheltered over summer."

The tests themselves are conducted in the shade of a canopy in front of the container test centre. Inside there is an air-conditioned office space and field laboratory. Once taken and packaged, the samples are couriered to a laboratory fo...