Covid-19

Rob Butler Excerpts
Monday 16th March 2020

(4 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rob Butler Portrait Rob Butler (Aylesbury) (Con)
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Given that the new advice today is that people should remain at home for up to 14 days if they have a high temperature or a continuous cough, I wonder if my right hon. Friend can clarify for constituents what actually constitutes a continuous cough—is it half an hour or half a day?

Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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It is a cough that does not go away. It is not an irregular cough. I cannot give any more detail on the specific advice than that. It is a continuous cough; that is the best way to describe it.