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Living with covid: How can the pandemic end and what will it be like?

For some, the phrase ā€œliving with covidā€ means removing all restrictions - and this could soon happen in England. But the actions countries take now will determine how many more people die of covid and whether we’re doomed to keep chasing new variants

By Michael Marshall

18 January 2022 Last updated 10 February 2022

Mask wearing at a theatre in Antwerp, Belgium, last month

Mask wearing at a theatre in Antwerp, Belgium, last month

JONAS ROOSENS/BELGA/AFP via Getty Images

After two years of mass deaths, long covid, social distancing, cancelled weddings and isolated funerals, increasing numbers ofĀ political leaders are saying itĀ isĀ time to ā€œlive with covidā€. InĀ England, legal requirements forĀ self-isolation and contact tracing but could now end sooner, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson set to present during the last week of February. But just how close to the end of the pandemic are we? And…

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