#Matthancock

How do our overstretched #NHS frontlines workers find the time to fit in so much dancing? Some of these routines are blooming marvellous I have to say thus they must
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#COVID19 Jonathan developed a cough in the first week and he was hot n cold, so he was told by the NHS not to go into work. When he started
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NHS Test and Trace is now up and running.The explainer is here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-worksIt relies on all of us playing our part, helping 'to contain the virus by reducing its spread'.
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Thread on situation in UK.We don't know how many people infected due to low testing.We don't know how infection is happening as not tracing, airports not managed & quarantine not
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I’m not usually a reactive tweeter but this caught me off guard yesterday. I wrote “wait, that can’t be the plan.” 1/https://twitter.com/matthancock/status/1266995931439943683?s=21 And then I deleted it because I wasn’t
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We are calling on @scotgovhealth Cabinet Secretary @JeaneF1MSP to include people with #MND on the shielding list of those who are 'extremely vulnerable' to Covid-19 – and we need your
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The latest advice on COVID-19 puts vulnerable people at risk. We're calling on @GOVUK to provide better financial and practical measures for vulnerable people. We need:Financial supportAccess to essentialsAccess to
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The leaked document attached to this ⁦@openDemocracy⁩ story is extraordinary. It seems to imply Public Health England core #COVID19 test is much less reliable than commercial alternatives. Questions for ⁦@MattHancock⁩https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/
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FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. Sweden alone followed 100 years of solid pandemic science and has herd immunity. The U.K. was panicked into an idiotic non-scientific lockdown with @piersmorgan leading
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A quick thread on this current election. A very dear friend who has minimal interest in politics recently said to me “but, doesn’t Labour just want to take all my
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Today has made me fundamentally rethink tech in government. I worked as a tech consultant to a could of govt depts in the noughties for a few years but found
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A word on "herd immunity" @MattHancockCovid19 is leaving people who had "mild" cases, with what could turn out to be permanent lung damage.So "Herd immunity" might have condemned millions of
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So welcome back to another edition of Pricknews,My Review! So alot has happened and as usual lots to talk about. So will start off with the story of editor @PinkNews
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It's 2am and I'm awake, unable to sleep because the Cummings thing just wound me up. Again the journos let us down. I have to get it off my chest.
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@susannareid100 @gmb #gmbSusanna, back tomorrow...on set? Ask if the military have stocks of protective suits for germ warfare and might they be used by medics against attacks by #COVID19 @MattHancock
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Testing targets for #coronavirus 3,500 NHS tests a day by end April, with more via academic/commercial work 100,000 tests a day by end April via NHS & commercial partnershipsSuggests Scottish
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