Wuhan Coronavirus

Chris Bryant Excerpts

Monday 3rd February 2020 Commons Chamber

[Matt Hancock]

We have put £500,000 towards an immediate communications campaign—not just on social media, although there is a lot there, but in newspapers and on radio—to make sure people get the message that there is something everybody can do: vigilantly wash your hands and if you have a cough or a sneeze, use a tissue and throw it away. These sound like simple things, but they matter, and they also protect you from the flu.

[Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

Do face masks work?

[Matt Hancock]

There are circumstances in which they work, but we are not recommending that people wear them generally—but of course it’s a free country.