Today, Mr Hancock was asked more about why the UK is not completely closing its borders like other countries such as the US.

LBC News’ Ben Kentish asked: “Many people around the country, are asking why the UK is continuing to allow people to enter the country from virus hotspots and planes to land without the people on those planes even being tested or asked to quarantine.

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“Isn’t there a real risk that once we do pass the peak, all the efforts that we have made to reduce the number of cases will be undermined by people continuing to come into the country unchecked from other countries where the number of cases is still much higher?

“What measures will you put in place to stop that?”

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