victoria mcdonald, channel 4. thanks, robert. victoria mcdonald, channel4. thank thanks, robert. mcdonald, channel 4. thank you. back on ppe, we have talked to a number of suppliers and distributors who have talked a lot about the obstacles they have faced of getting through they have faced of getting through the procurement system. they will send an e—mail or make a phone call and they don't hear back. then they will be asked questions they have already answered. are you satisfied that you are somehow going to clear away those obstacles so that you can increase the supply? secondly, we have heard a lot of numbers over the past few weeks. today, you have just talked about 1 billion past few weeks. today, you have just talked abouti billion items of past few weeks. today, you have just talked about 1 billion items of ppe. that sounds a lot, but it is clearly not enough. do you have any idea about what enough would be? well, yes. the answer on how much is enough ppe is what is needed according to the guidelines set out by public health england, to get that to everyone who needs it,

victoria mcdonald, channel 4. the nhs and fewer deaths. victoria mcdonald, channel4. mr hancock, welcome back. ijust wanted to ask a question about you yourself we re to ask a question about you yourself were tested for covid—19 and i wondered under which criteria you we re wondered under which criteria you were tested and given that the general public are still some way away from having their own tests, you say 100,000 per day by the end of the month, but that is not 100,000 people because of all the false negatives, so can you tell us what you got the test and why the general public and many front line staff did not? yes, i understand people's yearning to have the test and to find out and there is a clear protocol that has been set out by the chief medical officer for who should get tests and the decision was that those who are in senior decision making positions, as well as those who are in the critical jobs on the front line, need to get those tests so, for instance i think it is quite right that the prime minister was tested and i was tested and we need to roll t

victoria mcdonald's, channel 4. thank you, secretary of state. just back on ppe.numberof back on ppe. we have talked to a number of suppliers and distributors who have talked about a lot about the obstacles they have faced of getting through the procurement system, so they will send... they will be asked questions they have already answered. are you satisfied that you are somehow going to clear away those obstacles, so that you can increase the supply, and secondly, we have heard a lot about numbers over the past few weeks, and, today, you have just talked about 1 and, today, you have just talked about1 billion and, today, you have just talked about 1 billion items and, today, you have just talked about1 billion items of ppe. now, that sounds a lot, but quite clearly come it's not enough. do you have any idea about what enough would be? well, yes. the answer on how much is enough ppe is enough to get what is needed, according to the guidelines that have been clearly set up by public health england, to everyone who needs it. and it's in the billions of items over..

victoria mcdonald from channel 4. that we may actually never know the true extent or we might have people putting pneumonia it is covid—19. how can we overcome that? how will we ever see that the true figure? we didn't catch the first part of it but i think it was how we can reliably track the sources of deaths from covid—19, critically outside the nhs. more specifically, it was about the true numbers of deaths... i'm afraid you cut out on us but i think we have got the question. i think that the most important number in my view over the epidemic as a whole is going to be all cause mortality put it that is deaths from any sort. and obviously of that, some will have been diagnosed by their doctor as having covid—19. of the ones that are diagnosed as such, in hospital now and increasingly it will be true in other settings, that will be based on testing. overtime, the accuracy of that will increase. our view is that at this point in time, most people who have the syndrome that looks like covid probably do have covid as a

victoria mcdonald from channel 4.19. how can we putting pneumonia it is covid—19. how can we overcome putting pneumonia it is covid—19. how can we overcome that? how will we ever see that the true figure? we didn't catch the first part of it but i think it was how we can reliably track the sources of deaths from covid—19, critically outside the nhs. more specifically, it was about the true numbers of deaths... i'm afraid you cut out on us but i think we have got the question.” think we have got the question.” think that the most important number in my view over the epidemic as a whole is going to be all cause mortality put it that is deaths from any sort. and obviously of that, some will have been diagnosed by their doctor as having covid—19. of their doctor as having covid—19. of the ones that are diagnosed as such, in hospital now and increasingly it will be true in other settings, that will be true in other settings, that will be true in other settings, that will be based on testing. over time, the accuracy of that