After a week of criticism over the government’s lack of mass testing, Matt Hancock and deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam used Friday’s press conference to try and move the focus to other methods for tackling the coronavirus outbreak. The Health Secretary reiterated that social distancing remains the best way to prevent spread of the disease and called on the public to resist the sunny weather this weekend and remain indoors. When it comes to treating those already infected, Hancock said clinical trials could be key.
Hancock said the UK is a world leader in clinical trials and there has been a big push within government to unlock this potential to help with the recovery route out from the outbreak. There are three national clinical trials covering each stage of the disease – primary care, hospital care and critical care – with one trial put together in nine days. These
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