Across the United Kingdom, thousands of people have died in care homes after becoming infected with the coronavirus, according to the government's own statistics.
Campaigners for the welfare of elderly people and their relatives told Reuters they want the UK government to be more transparent after they were not informed that coronavirus deaths were happening in the care homes.
"I didn't know about that and it's certainly something that I'd like to look into because our overall approach in this is that transparency is the best way forward," Hancock said at the daily Downing Street briefing.