Matt Hancock 'rules out' removing childcare or support bubbles despite spike in coronavirus cases
manchestereveningnews.co.ukdirect to your inboxThe Health Secretary has 'ruled out' removing childcare or support bubbles in a bid to combat spiralling coronavirus cases.Matt Hancock was speaking at a Downing Street press briefing this evening about efforts to keep the current spike of Covid-19 under control.There had been rumours that Number 10 was considering axing the bubbles to try and further reduce the number of interactions between households.But Mr Hancock said: "I can rule out removing the bubbles that we have in place - the childcare bubbles (and) the support bubbles are very important and we're going to keep them."I know how important they are to people and they are an important part of the system that we have got to support people whilst also having these.
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