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Asked about care homes, Gove says the single biggest cause of infections in care homes was movements of people between them. That has been addressed by new protocols, he says.
He says testing is being increased.
Q: The fact that we are having another lockdown represents a failure of government strategy, doesn’t it?
Gove says he does not accept this. The “malignancy” of the virus is to blame, he says. He says all governments try to protect freedom.
