Another day, another embarrassment for the government.
The much vaunted trace and check system, promised to be fully operational by the end of this month, has been deferred until October, and may be dropped altogether.
Announcing it as if with a drum roll, the Health Secretary for England Matt Hancock hailed it as a life changer.
It would be world class, he promised, and all be done in what for this government would be lightening speed. Just like his promises on testing, it was bravado.
While other countries have gone ahead and produced workable systems to trace and follow up people who have been in contact with confirmed cases, the British one has so far failed.
The pilot scheme in the Isle of Wight was to have gone nationwide but, as was predicted, not enough people took part, partly because not everyone had smart phones and because some were reluctant to take what amounted to orders to self isolate.
As usual, the government, rather than accepting responsibility for the failure, is blaming Apple for not cooperating which the company denies.
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| Leading by example: Marcus Rashford |
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Announcing another screeching policy u-turn, he admitted he had not heard of it until that day although it had been headline news for days.
Even the Times has been telling him repeatedly to 'get a grip'.
The news that President Macron is ignoring his and Britain's travel quarantine rule to pop over for a chat is, well, almost laughable.
Piling up on Mr Johnson's in tray is the potent subject of schooling - 1,000 paediatricians have warned him he 'risks scarring life chances of a generation'.
On the two metre rule, Mr Hancock puts his foot in it again, he tells us days after his boss announced an enquiry, due to report next week.
Otherwise, there is quite a lot of good news about, the most heartening that two thirds of health authorities in England have reported no Covid deaths.
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