Covid-19 Update Debate
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Martyn Day
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(4 years, 4 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
I am working with my right hon. Friends the Communities Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer on exactly those measures.
Martyn Day (Linlithgow and East Falkirk) (SNP) [V]
Sir Jeremy Farrar, who sits on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, has said that in winter we anticipate rebounds and second waves. He said that it was crucial to get to the position that Scotland is in, with low numbers of cases giving a low base from which to tackle local outbreaks. With 901 new cases reported over the past 24 hours, how confident is the Secretary of State of reaching that low base by winter?
Matt Hancock
Clearly, the measures that we have in place are there to bring the number of cases right down. We have been able to do that over the past few weeks, since the middle of April, when we saw the peak. That has been happening across the country. Where we see local outbreaks and that trend going into reverse, we can take action, whether that is at a highly localised level around a single cluster or, as demonstrated tonight, with an outbreak such as the one in Leicester.