UK Covid live: Matt Hancock leads news conference as cases fall to lowest daily level for a month
by Andrew Sparrow from on (#5D9NP)
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Q: What is happening about the future of NHS Test and Trace?
Hancock says the National Institute for Health Protection, which will take over test and trace, is due to launch in April.
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Q: Why does Scotland has the slowest vaccination rate in the UK?
Hancock says Scottish colleagues have been working incredibly hard to roll this out.
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