Cummings posts Johnson’s messages saying Hancock’s efforts are “hopeful”

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Matt Hancock said his health secretary’s ability to increase his ability to test for coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic was “absolutely hopeful”, according to private messages released by his former chief adviser.

Dominic Cummings released his harmful WhatsApp messages Blog on Wednesday. They have shown that Johnson thought of firing Hancock in a message he sent to his former aide on April 27, 2020, revealing that he believed the provision of personal protective equipment was a “disaster”.

Johnson added in the message: “I can’t think of anything except removing and putting Hancock down [Michael] Forward. “

The comment underscores Downing Street’s “complete confidence in the health secretary,” showing Johnson’s doubts about Hancock’s abilities during the health crisis.

On Wednesday, Downing Street said: “[No 10] he does not intend to deal with all the allegations made. The Prime Minister has determined that we will conduct an official investigation next year. . . our focus is on recovering from the pandemic, ”and Johnson added that he had full confidence in Hancock.

“The Prime Minister has worked very closely with the Secretary of Health during this pandemic and will continue to do so,” the No. 10 said.

In his blog, Cummings said Johnson had a “clear plan to go a couple of years after the next election,” and he “wants to make money and not have a good time.” 10 has not dismissed the claims as “utter nonsense.”

In May, Cummings revealed in parliamentary testimony that he had repeatedly called for Hancock’s release at the start of the failure and “lie” pandemic. Hancock has it denied Never lying to Johnson.

The second WhatsApp exchange on March 27, 2020 showed that Cummings was complaining that the health department rejected the fans for the prices. Johnson replied, “It’s Hancock. It’s been hopeless.”

The third exchange took place on the same date, Cummings complained that the U.S. went from 2,200 tests a day to 27,000 100,000 in a fortnight. Hancock, meanwhile, was “skeptical” about the UK getting 10,000 tests next week, according to Cummings.

Johnson replied, “Absolutely damn hopeful.”

Hancock finally set a goal of 100,000 daily tests in early April, which was met a month later.

The inability to test Britain in the early days of the crisis has been the focus of criticism of the government.

One of Cummings’ most damaging claims was to suggest that Hancock reassured Johnson of all he moved from hospitals to care homes it would be tested beforehand, and that didn’t happen. Hancock defended himself, stressing that tests were conducted when there was enough capacity.

Cummings said in his blog that Downing Street forced Hancock to create an ambitious 100,000-day trial plan.

“Hancock is creating a new version of reality in which he came up with the idea to increase testing before March 14,” he wrote, adding, “Reality: As part of the transition to Plan B, No10 forced a new test plan. In Hancock, he was still working on Plan A / herd immunity hypotheses for the week of 16/3 and according to that, community testing was useless. “

First assistant Johnson complained last month to be the leader of a chaotic and unprofessional pandemic response that resulted in tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.

He wrote on his blog: “If No10 is willing to lie so deeply and widely about the fundamental issues of life and death last year, it cannot now rely on Covid or any other crucial issue of war and peace.”

Hancock announced this week that the removal of the blockade measures will be postponed until 19 July to inoculate the NHS over the age of fifty, which includes health workers and the most vulnerable.

In questions from the Prime Minister, Labor leader Keir Starmer believes Johnson’s “precision” in putting India on the red travel list prompted the expansion of UK expansion for the first time in the Delta variant identified in India.

“The British did their best, following the rules and getting vaccinated. But the prime minister wasted no time leaving a new variant in the country, ”he said.

Public health consultants warned on Wednesday that the spread of the Delta variant had accelerated the number of new infections and hospitalizations in the UK.

“What we’re seeing right now is between 7,000 and 8,000 infections a day…. But we know they’re less than half of all true infections in the community,” Susan Hopkins, deputy director of the National Infection Service for Public Health England, told lawmakers on a select committee.

He added that without the vaccine or social restrictions, the number of reproductions could reach 7 in the whole country, which is another 70 out of 10 people with the coronavirus would be infected.