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Health Sec To Deliver Statement To Commons At 1530BST On COVID-19 Case Issue

UK

Health Secretary Matt Hancock to deliver a statement to the House of Commons at 1530BST (1030ET, 1630CET) regarding the major spike in UK coronavirus cases recorded across the weekend.

  • Link: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/3a967fb4-42e...
  • The UK caseload increased 22k on Sunday after a 12k rise on Saturday. Both of these were record increases, but were not due to a spike in 24hr new cases but an IT systems malfunction that prevented the addition of tens of thousands of cases to the caseload total last week.
  • The UK gov'ts track and trace system and general response to the coronavirus pandemic remains under intense scrutiny as data continues to point towards a second wave of infections evident in the country.

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