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Raiders' Quentin Poling Tested for Coronavirus After Spain Trip

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Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Quentin Poling was tested for the coronavirus Wednesday following a trip to Spain.

On Tuesday, he tweeted about a long ordeal, revealing he started to feel potential symptoms of the coronavirus but was unable to get tested because he was deemed "too healthy" to be hospitalized. He noted his doctor said there was a good chance he and his family were infected:

Despite the frustration he described, he was eventually able to get tested and will self-quarantine as he awaits the results:

While the World Health Organization has confirmed more than 207,000 people have been infected by the coronavirus and more than 8,600 have died as a result across the globe as of Wednesday, the lack of nationwide testing has led to frustration.