Hancock ‘told to tone down China Covid lab leak claims’

Cabinet Office told Hancock to tone down COVID lab leak claims in book, new messages show

The former health secretary was told including a different narrative 'risked damaging national security'.

Matt Hancock 'told to tone down China Covid lab leak concerns in memoir'

Former health secretary Matt Hancock was reportedly censored over concerns Covid may have originated from a Chinese lab leak (Picture: Hollie Adams/Getty Images) Matt Hancock was told by senior Whitehall officials to tone down claims in his memoir that Covid-19 may have begun with a lab leak in China, according to leaked correspondence. The former health secretary wrote in the original manuscript for his Pandemic Diaries that it was ‘just too mu…

Matt Hancock ‘ordered to tone down China Covid lab leak claims in book'

Original manuscript prompted warning from Cabinet Office that ex-Health Secretary's allegations would 'cause problems' for the Government

Cabinet Office ‘told Matt Hancock to tone down lab leak claims’

Former health secretary was asked to make clear in Pandemic Diaries that he was not reflecting government’s view

Matt Hancock Covid memoirs censored over Wuhan lab leak comments

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Hancock ‘told to tone down China Covid lab leak claims’

The Cabinet Office said it would ’cause problems’ if the former health secretary repeated the allegations in his memoir’.