The Health Secretary told Sky News' Kay Burley the suggestion was "priceless". Labour's Rosena Allin-Khan said Mr Hancock's reaction was an "insult" to the 37,000 people who have died of Covid-19 - saying the need for a working test and trace system is "not a joke".

NHS Test and Trace will officially launch across England today with the help of 25,000 contact tracers, although an accompanying app is still delayed by several weeks.

But today NHS Providers chief executive Chris Hopson warned "very key bits" of the Government's test and trace strategy are not yet in place.

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Canada’s James Crawford won the bronze medal in the men’s alpine combined skiing event at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday.

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Texas attorney general to probe GoFundMe for removing Canada’s trucker convoy fundraiser

Texas plans to launch an investigation into GoFundMe’s decision to take down a fundraiser for Canada’s trucker convoy that has been protesting COVID-19 measures and vaccine mandates in the nation’s capital for the past 13 days.A statement on Wednesday said that Attorney General Ken Paxton would probe potential violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act after the crowd-funding platform’s integrity had come into question for removing the online campaign. ‘Incredibly scary’: How Canada’s trucker convoy protest is galvanizing the American right “GoFundMe’s response to an anti-mandate, pro-liberty movement should ring alarm bells to anyone using the donation platform and, more broadly, any American wanting to protect their constitutional rights,” Paxton said.“Many Texans donated to this worthy cause.

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Piers Morgan has ripped apart Dominic Cummings' "absurd" excuses for breaking lockdown rules and ordered him to "stop lying".

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
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