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Two new 'rapid' 90-minute coronavirus tests to be rolled out before winter

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Two new rapid coronavirus tests will be rolled out in hospitals and care homes ahead of winter.The swab and DNA tests will be able to detect both COVID-19 and other winter viruses such as flu in just 90 minutes.They will enable clinicians and NHS Test and Trace to determine whether an infected person needs to self-isolate immediately with coronavirus or whether they are suffering from seasonal flu.Almost half a million new LamPORE swab tests will be available from next week across adult care settings and laboratories.Millions more of the tests, supplied by Oxford Nanopore, are set to be rolled out later in the year.Thousands of DNA test machines, which can analyse nose swabs and have been used in eight London hospitals, will be rolled out.

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