Whole cities and towns to be tested in case of local Covid outbreak using 90 minute procedure

The tests will be used to check hospital and care home staff and patients, but there are plans for more than a million tests a day by winter

Entire cities will be tested for Covid to contain local outbreaks using on-the-spot tests that give results in just 90 minutes.

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