Can the UK ‘live with Covid’ and should we follow suit?

Such an approach would be a ‘huge experiment’ and put young and unvaccinated at risk

UK PM Boris Johnson: Taking a calculated risk. Picture: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire

Covid-19 infection rates are higher in the UK than in Ireland but more people are fully vaccinated there. Is Boris Johnson taking a calculated risk by preparing to embrace ‘living with Covid’ and ending public health restrictions in England in the next fortnight?

The more infectious Delta variant is surging strongly in the UK, in particular in Scotland, followed by England, Northern Ireland and Wales — in total 24,000 cases were reported on Sunday, with 350 people in hospital and 15 deaths.