South African Covid-19 variant: Maidstone council leader hits out at health secretary Matt Hancock over confusing testing message
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Updated: 16:28, 02 February 2021
Health secretary Matt Hancock s confusing testing message caused panic, a council leader has said as he urged as many people as possible to get a swab.
It has been revealed Maidstone council knew about the testing blitz on Friday after a case of the South African Covid-19 variant was found in the ME15 area of the town.
Cllr Marin Cox, head of Maidstone council, criticises Matt Hancock
News of Operation Barton - which will see members of the police, fire service, search and rescue and volunteers deliver 10,000 PCR tests to homes in part of ME15 - was embargoed until 1pm yesterday, Cllr Martin Cox (Lib Dem) revealed.