![]() Matt Hancock's special adviser organised the test just two days after the director of NHS Test and Trace was forced to give 'heartfelt apologies' to anyone who could not get one due to shortages and delays. Sir Chris Whitty told him there should be Covid testing for 'all going into care homes' - one of a set of 1,000 text and WhatsApp messages leaked by a former journalist who was the ghost writer of Mr Hancock's diaries.īut Mr Hancock's WhatsApp messages suggest he did not follow the guidance, instead telling advisers it 'muddies the waters'. ![]() In one exchange, the messages appeared to show former Health Secretary Matt Hancock rejected the Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty's call to test all residents going into English care homes for Covid at the start of the pandemic. The Daily Telegraph published excerpts from over 100,000 WhatsApp messages leaked to the newspaper by journalist Isabel Oakeshott. ![]() Lord Bethell was Matt Hancock's deputy in the Department of Health and Social Care from 2020 to 2021. 'And yet, for a moment there was a bit of evidence around that so that had to be investigated and closed down.' 'Can you imagine what would have happened if we had wanted to do that? ![]() He added: 'In fact, there was an idea at one moment that we might have to ask the public to exterminate all the cats in Britain.' ![]()
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