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“It will be longer before people get tests, they will be infectious for longer without doing anything about it, and the infection will spread more."

Some schools have closed their doors just days after reopening, while others have told whole classes and year groups to self-isolate for two weeks following confirmed cases.

Plans to test millions of people a day come after Matt Hancock hit out at people for creating a strain on the system by ordering too many.

Capacity is currently at one million tests per week - but health experts say that should be at least ten million.

“This increase, combined with the ongoing testing fiasco where ill people are told to drive for miles for tests, and the poor performance of the contact tracing system, needs an explanation from ministers."

The latest data also indicates that a total of 6,732 new people tested positive for Covid-19 in England in the week to August 26, an increase of 6% in positive cases on the previous week and the highest weekly number since the week to June 3.

Matt Hancock defending Tony Abbott “because he is an expert on trade” is fair enough if you consider that Harold Shipman “was a really good doctor

Questioned on Sky News, the Health Secretary said he does not believe that Mr Abbott is homophobic or misogynistic, and, when pressed, added: “He’s also an expert in trade.”

A postcode analysis by the BBC showed some people are being told the closest available tests are hours from home.