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Staff and residents in UK care homes for people over 65 and those with dementia will receive regular coronavirus tests from Monday, the government has announced.

Staff will be tested for the virus weekly while residents will receive a test every 28 days. The new measures will be in addition to intensive testing in any care home facing an outbreak or an increased risk of a surge in cases.

Related: Care home residents and staff to get regular Covid-19 tests

There are 10,940,071 known coronavirus infections worldwide.

The number of deaths from coronavirus worldwide currently stands at 519,852, according to Johns Hopkins University.

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