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All over-fives in UK now eligible for virus test

Everyone over age of five in the UK with symptoms can now be tested for coronavirus, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.

He was speaking in Parliament after the loss of taste or smell was added to the list of Covid-19 symptoms, alongside a fever and a new persistent cough.

Mr Hancock said the government was “expanding eligibility for testing further than ever before”, and 100,678 tests had been conducted on Sunday.

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Source: bbc.com

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