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U.K. to start distributing 90 minute coronavirus and flu tests.

New 90-minute tests that can detect coronavirus and flu will be rolled out in hospitals and care homes from next week.

The "on-the-spot" swab and DNA tests will help distinguish between Covid-19 and other seasonal illnesses, the government said.

The health secretary said this would be "hugely beneficial" over the winter.

Currently, a third of tests take longer than 24 hours to process.

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A curfew was imposed on Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, following a spike in infections.

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