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The India Variant Won’t Halt England’s Reopening — Yet
There are reasons to be hopeful that the country can prevent a third Covid wave.
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Although the eradication of SARS-CoV-2 would be nice, most people accept we’ll have to live with the virus for some time, almost as we do with the flu. But a variant from India is now forcing the U.K. to define just what “living with it” means.
It comes as England reaches another milestone on its roadmap to unlocking. From Monday, people can mix inside homes (up to six people or two households); pubs and restaurants will be able to serve customers indoors. Hotels are reopening, as well cinemas, theaters and concert halls. School children no longer have to wear masks.