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Letter thanking councils in England for their support during the pandemic and outlining how staff can get tested.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Prime Minister Boris Johnson's statement on coronavirus.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 23 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 5 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 28 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 27 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 3 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 15 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 21 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 12 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 10 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 2 April 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
100,000 people will be sent self-testing kits to determine if they are currently infected.
A new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths has been developed by Public Health England (PHE).
This will accelerate the development of new drugs for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, reducing the time taken to set up clinical studies for new therapies from months to weeks.
The families of health and care workers on the frontline in England will benefit from a new life assurance scheme during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The storage time will be extended by 2 years so that those undergoing fertility treatment during the coronavirus outbreak have more time to continue treatment.
The Environment Secretary spoke at the daily government press conference on 26 April 2020 to give the latest update on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mobile testing units, operated by the Armed Forces, will travel around the UK to increase access to coronavirus testing.
If effective, a national programme will deliver up to 10,000 units of plasma a week to the NHS to help treat coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
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