Covid anxiety ‘will take time to subside’ – expert

A woman wearing a face mask among a crowd of pedestrians on Oxford Street, London (PA)

It will take people “some time” to get over the fear and anxiety that has arisen as a result of the pandemic, a sociology expert has said.

Robert Dingwall, professor of sociology at Nottingham Trent University, said the concerns which have arisen over the last 15 months would take time to subside as people get used to living with Covid-19 as an infection which circulates in society.