From masks stuffed into coat pockets to plastic testing kits lined up by the bathroom sink, the rituals of the Covid years thankfully seem consigned to history for most of us.
Yet in recent weeks, an unwelcome phrase has begun creeping back into conversations in offices, schools and family WhatsApp groups: ‘I think I’ve got Covid.’
For after several years in which the virus that once brought Britain to a standstill had largely faded from everyday consciousness, it seems to be on the march again.
Latest figures from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) show hospital admissions relating to Covid have jumped by
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