Matt Hancock can count on powerful support if not 100,000 tests a day
by Heather Stewart , Rowena Mason and Denis Campbell from on (#52M2R)
NHS chiefs and No 10 endorse the health secretary as flaws emerge in the structure he leads
Matt Hancock sounded tetchy and exhausted on Friday morning as he took to the airwaves once again to explain the latest swerve in the government's strategy for tackling coronavirus: recruiting an army of contact-tracers in an attempt to track its spread.
Asked whether his self-imposed target of testing 100,000 people a day by the end of next week would be met, he let out a self-deprecating laugh. The health secretary knows there's a lot in the balance: the health of millions, his standing among the public and colleagues, perhaps even his career.
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