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HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe programme that we have in hospitals is a risk-based one, according to the risk of the individual. It is much harder to put that risk base in place in care homes. Both these…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He and I are passionately of one voice on this—as, I think, is the whole House. The Government will recommend a vaccine only when it is…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateIt is vital that we deal with the back- log of cases that is building up because of the absolutely necessary requirement, in the peak of the crisis, to pause a lot of activity. I…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe Nightingales project was one of the most successful projects in the history of the NHS—building the Nightingales in nine days was something that many people in this country…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateOn the contrary, NHS labs have done an incredibly important job. We have expanded the NHS labs enormously, and we have brought in the drive-through centres. This is a massive team…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe implementation of this will be on 24 July to ensure that shops and businesses have time to put it in place and to ensure that the implementation can be done in an orderly way.14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThis point is incredibly important. A face mask can reduce the risk of transmission, and in particular, it protects others should someone be positive and transmitting the virus,…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateYes. That is a really important subject and I am very happy to talk to the hon. Gentleman about it to ensure we provide the best possible support. It is obviously very difficult…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateYes, I can. I can announce today that all employees working in health and social care will be exempt from the immigration health surcharge, and that all employees in health and…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateOf course we are doing that work to stress-test the delivery of PPE and to rebuild the stockpile. We had a huge stockpile at the start, but the distribution of that stockpile was…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe hon. Lady raises an incredibly important question for the small but significant proportion of people who have long-term detrimental effects from coronavirus. I am glad that…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateI am absolutely determined to see that happen. Many British companies have stepped up to the plate to deliver PPE, and a very significant proportion of our PPE will be…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe information that the right hon. Lady has requested is available to directors of public health in upper-tier local authorities, and we are extending that further. In addition,…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateI strongly agree with the point of view so eloquently expressed by my hon. Friend. It is critical that, as well as tackling coronavirus and the economic consequences of the action…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateAbsolutely. The people of Scarborough have been well represented and well led by my right hon. Friend. They are doing a great job in following the social distancing rules and…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateYes, of course we keep this under review. The evidence shows that the most important difference that we can make to get yet more people into the test and trace system is for…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThis attempt to divide us is very unfortunate. The UK Government have put testing capacity into Wales that is bigger than NHS Wales’s own capacity, and we do that in Scotland as…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateI have come to Parliament to explain it at the first opportunity.14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateI have been engaged positively with the Welsh Government throughout, and when we have had concerns—for instance, about the outbreaks the Welsh Government were handling in Wrexham…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThere are 144,000 people who have been asked to isolate who simply would not have known that they were at risk before the large-scale track and trace programme was put in place.…14 Jul 2020