Matt Hancock kept Covid contacts isolated for two weeks despite being told that five days would work as well - because that would 'imply ministers had been getting it wrong'
Matt Hancock kept people isolated for two weeks despite expert advice to cut the quarantine period to five days because he feared the change would show ministers had been "getting it wrong".England's chief medical officer Mr Whitty said in November 2020 he thought five days' self-isolation would be "pretty well as good" as two weeks for people who were close contacts of others infected with Covid.
The messages were sent via WhatsApp, and were part of a massive cache of Covid lockdown-era government communications leaked to the Telegraph. Sir Chris told him: "CMOs and sage in favour of a pilot with presumption in favour of testing for five days in lieu of isolation .
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