A legal challenge had been brought by the Good Law Project and three opposition MPs over contracts - many running into hundreds of millions of pounds - to supply face masks another personal protective equipment (PPE), which were awarded without competition.
"I hope that Covid-19 will become a treatable disease by the end of the year," Hancock told the Telegraph.
"Waste, cronyism and inefficacy has marred this government's pandemic procurement, but they seem in no hurry to change that."
Boris Johnson told a Downing Street press conference that it was “just too early for people to be certain about what we will be able to do this summer”.
Passengers face fines of up to £10,000 for failing to quarantine, and those who lie on their passenger locator forms face up to ten years in jail.
“You can see the pressure on the NHS – you can see it every day," Hancock said.
It comes as pictures of paltry food parcels sent out to vulnerable families were shared on social media.
Hancock said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine was now being supplied to GP practices across the country - except, apparently, the one he visited.
There is “a big question mark” about whether the Pfizer and Oxford vaccines will work on South African strain.