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Matt Hancock’s missing hundreds
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care claimed the government's centralised, privatised scheme for 'test and trace' was delivering 'over 100 local actions' each week — but nine weeks after a freedom-of-information request from SOLOMON HUGHES, they have refused to name a single one
Health Secretary Matt Hancock

ACCORDING to Matt Hancock, there are over 100 successful anti-coronavirus measures a week — but they are all secret and cannot be discussed in public.

Hancock made his claims in an article he wrote for the Telegraph on July 12, under a headline promising “Test and trace” will “keep Covid cornered.”

Hancock argued that thanks to “success in slowing the spread of this virus” we could have a “careful restoration of our national life” and so “lift more of the lockdown and take targeted action.”

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