UK coronavirus test with 20-minute wait being trialled

Trial for test, separate to antibody test, involves 4,000 people and will run for six weeks

The government has announced the start of trials for a new test to see if people have coronavirus, with results processed on site within 20 minutes.

The news came as the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the UK had made a deal to receive up to 10m antibody tests, a different type of test which detects whether someone has previously had the virus.

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