and new columnist at the times, and for the first half of our programme, professor peter hotez is with us, expert in molecular virology and microbiology at the baylor college of medicine. what we ve known for some time about the uk s response to the covid pandemic is that the protective ring the government claimed to have thrown around care homes wasn t very protective at all. between march 2020 and april 2021, some 39,000 people died in care homes from covid. the public inquiry, which is still to begin, will examine whether more could have been done. in the interim, some of the evidence the panel will consider is now being tested in the court of public opinion. the reporter isabelle 0akshott, who co authored a book with matt hancock, has now shared with the telegraph 100,000 whatsapp messages which the former health secretary had shared with government officials. the goal of 100,000 tests per day by the end of this month. in one message, from april 14th 2020, mr hancock te
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hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. there are further questions about the british government s handling of the covid outbreak after whatsapp messages belonging to the former health secretary are leaked to the daily telegraph. but mr hancock disputes the claim he rejected expert advice on covid tests for those people going into care homes at the start of the pandemic. was this lab in china the source of the covid outbreak after all? the fbi claims the facility in wuhan was the most likely origin of the virus. and cheaper medication in america not a headline you hear often, but today eli lilly has capped the cost of insulin for diabetics at $35 a month. tonight with the context, juliet samuel, journalist