You may have to walk through COVID-19 testing portals before re-entering offices, college campuses, and other communal areas. Here's what one could be like.

The COVID Shield.CannonDesign

• A design firm has developed a COVID-19 testing station that allows healthcare workers to stand inside and test people with a protective barrier.
• The units can be placed at the entrance to offices, on college campuses, and other communal areas.
• As reopening phases continue to roll out across the US, testing will be one of the best ways to monitor the spread of the disease.

Many US states are slowly beginning to reopen, with outdoor dining and indoor retail shopping starting back up.

Part of these reopening phases includes eventual office re-entry. Experts say employers will have to implement a number of distancing measures to make employees feel safer in the workplace, like positioning desks further apart and ensuring that the office stays as sanitary as possible.

Some businesses are installing "cleanse portals" that zap away germs using ultraviolet light, as Business Insider's Lisa Eadicicco reported.

Other high-tech solutions, such as CannonDesign's COVID Shield, could make it easier to screen people before entering congregate areas.

Here's how it will work.