How do we learn to live with Covid in the UK?

Analysis: Lockdown extension brings questions on when and how UK can draw a line under social distancing

The Commons vote to delay step four of England's roadmap out of lockdown has focused attention on when and how the country can draw a line under social distancing and, in the words of the prime minister, learn to live with the virus".

While the surge in cases in Blackburn - one of the original Delta variant hotspots - may have peaked for now, Public Health England expects recent rises in the north-west to be mirrored across the UK. What that means for hospitals and lives will become clearer in the next four weeks.