Watch: What does 'living with Covid' actually mean? - people gave us their views

Name: Sunderland Speaks: What do you think the UK 'living with Covid' actually means?
Uploaded: 2022-01-19T15:04:15.000Z
Duration: 62 s
Description: Covid restrictions are again set to be ended in the UK. With a lot of talk about the country having to learn to live with Covid, we asked people in the city centre what they think that actually means

‘Plan B’ Covid restrictions are set to be scrapped in England.

By Graham Murray

Published 19th Jan 2022, 15:37 BST

Updated 19th Jan 2022, 15:52 BST

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The measures – including instructions to work from home where possible and wear masks in most indoor public places – were introduced to help fight the Omicron wave.

But – with 438 deaths recorded on Tuesday, January 18 alone – Covid is far from over.

There have been numerous calls for the country to live with the virus – we asked people in the city centre what they thought that meant.

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