British health minister Matt Hancock rejected allegations by a former top aide of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, saying there was never a national shortage of protective equipment and they followed clinical guidance on care homes.
“On care home policy throughout we followed the clinical advice,” Hancock told a parliamentary select committee hearing on Thursday.
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“It is telling that no evidence has been provided yet,” he added on the allegations made by the former aide Dominic Cummings at the end of May.
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