Matt Hancock’s suggestion that a new Covid variant should be used to “scare the pants off everyone” has been criticised by a minister calling it a “very silly phrase”.
Science Minister George Freeman’s comments on Monday came after the latest leak of the former health secretary’s WhatsApp messages showed he pushed back against scientific advice to reduce the Covid self isolation period from 14 to five or seven days because it would imply the Government have “been getting it wrong”.
