The rate of Covid-19 infections in the UK is currently low, a huge relief after two years of pandemic misery and another scare last winter when the emergence of the Omicron variant again placed Christmas in jeopardy and caused case numbers to surge to alarming levels in the New Year before gradually subsiding.
Boris Johnson’s subsequent decision to end social restrictions in England has so far proven justified, with the Department of Health recording just 112,705 coronavirus cases in seven days on Thursday, a 32 per cent decline.
