NEW: Care Minister Helen Whately tells @skynewsniall:

Some NHS workers are being written to so they can be re-tested after concerns early #COVID19 tests were flawed.

Presumably this means some may have been given negative results and returned to work when they were positive?
. @Helen_Whately said: & #39;Some of the early tests... weren& #39;t effective enough.& #39;

Follows @lauradonnlee & @journobill story in today& #39;s Telegraph.
Helen Whately unable to explain:
-What was on RAF plane which has arrived from Turkey with PPE.
-How many social care workers have had #COVID19 tests (although 18K & #39;referred& #39;).
-What the communications error was that led to UK missing early stages of a key EU procurement scheme.
However @Helen_Whately said govt is piloting & #39;mobile testing& #39; and looking into home testing too.

Also claims that next week she hopes to have more up-to-date figures on care homes. Perhaps daily death figures as Matt Hancock says he wants?
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