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Today’s hot topic: Is Jeremy back in the hunt?

March 31, 2020

FORMER Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for priority testing for medical and health workers followed by a programme of mass population testing similar to that conducted in Korea to get on top of the virus, instead of depending on long term lockdown. Yesterday he gave a succinct, commonsense explanation of what needs to be done and why on the BBC’s World at One programme.You can hear him here, about seven minutes from the start.

Given his experience, and the fact that current Health Secretary Matt Hancock has the virus, would it be a good idea for Boris Johnson to appoint him in Hancock’s place? Discuss!

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