The UK says it is rolling out rapid tests that can see whether you have the coronavirus within 90 minutes

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• The UK says it will distribute millions of coronavirus tests that can give a result within 90 minutes.
• SIx million tests will be distributed to hospitals, care homes, and laboratories, the UK government announced on Monday.
• The tests have been created by DnaNudge and Oxford Nanopore and can also test for the flu.
• Most currently-available tests take at least a day to provide a result. In the US it is not uncommon to wait a whole week.
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The UK says it is rolling out millions of coronavirus tests that can return a result within 90 minutes.

Six million DNA tests and half a million swab tests will be distributed to hospitals, care homes, and laboratories, the UK government announced on Monday.

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