Almost all the "contact tracers" needed to monitor coronavirus have been recruited in less than a week, Michael Gove claimed today.
The Cabinet Office minister said 17,000 people have now been recruited for the vital 'test, track and trace' programme that's due to roll out this week.
It comes despite another Cabinet minister saying on Friday that the recruitment had only "just started". Brandon Lewis said only 1,500 people were in place as of early last week.
Yet Mr Gove claimed today: "It’s now the case that more than 17,000 people have been recruited for contact tracing so we’re on course to meet that target again." He added: "I have to praise the work of the Health Secretary Matt Hancock. "In the past people have seen Matt and the