Inside Politics – Coronavirus special: Matt Hancock claims test and trace ‘successful’

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The Japanese government has arranged a series of firework displays across the nation in a bid to lift people’s spirits – with hopes and prayers for the end of the pandemic written inside the pyrotechnics. Health secretary Matt Hancock launched the test and trace system with explosive fanfare last week. Yet we only have some vague hopes and prayers about how well it may or may working so far – since the government has offered no data for the all-important scheme. I’m Adam Forrest, and welcome to The Independent’s Inside Politics newsletter during the coronavirus crisis.

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