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The virus is in retreat. Isn’t it time the public is trusted to decide how to behave?

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

13 March 2021

9:00 AM

Since the start of this year, cases of Covid-19 have been in decline. Hospital admissions have fallen 80 per cent from the second wave’s peak. Deaths are down 85 per cent and cases down 90 per cent. Modelling from Bristol University says that new cases are lower now than at any point since the summer — with the number of new infections halving every week.

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