Early evening summary
Matt Hancock, the health secretary, has refused to deny a claim from Dominic Cummings, the prime ministerâs former chief adviser, that Hancock told No 10 in the early days of the pandemic that patients would be tested before being discharged into care homes. At a press conference where his evasiveness led to him facing repeated questions on this topic, he said:
Of course we committed, and I committed, to getting the policy in place but it took time to build the testing.
We didnât start with a big testing system in the UK and then we built that testing system, and thatâs why the 100,000 target was so important because it really accelerated the availability of testing because when you donât have much testing we had to prioritise it according to clinical need.
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Good afternoon and welcome to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing.
I’m joined by Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, the UK Health Security Agency.
Every day, we are unwavering in our focus to protect life and keep our nation safe from this deadly virus. And today, I’d like to bring you up to speed on our response, starting with the latest data.
The latest data show that the number of cases is now rising.
Yesterday we saw 3,542 new cases, the highest since 12 April. The variant first identified in India – B.1.617.2 – is still spreading, and the latest estimates are that more than half, and potentially as much as three quarters, of all new cases are now of this variant.
Good afternoon and welcome to Downing Street for today’s coronavirus briefing.
I’m joined by Dr Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of UKHSA, the UK Health Security Agency.
Every day, we are unwavering in our focus to protect life and keep our nation safe from this deadly virus. And today, I’d like to bring you up to speed on our response, starting with the latest data.
The latest data show that the number of cases is now rising.
Yesterday we saw 3,542 new cases, the highest since 12 April. The variant first identified in India – B.1.617.2 – is still spreading, and the latest estimates are that more than half, and potentially as much as three quarters, of all new cases are now of this variant.