'The gradual shift from the 'new normal' to something more akin to the old has become far more dependent on the ministerial interpretation of the balance between public health and the economy' - RaynerSkyNews on the evolution of our 'new normal'
In an address on 10 May, the prime minister suggested the shift from level four to three, set by the newly formed Joint Biosecurity Centre, would be at the heart of determining when relaxations were implemented.
Although ministers stress that the direction of travel is downward, for now the alert level remains at four - meaning the virus is still in general circulation and there is a high or rising level of transmission. But in his interview on Sky News, Mr Hancock also acknowledged this was an example of a decision based not just on the specifics of the science, but the politics of the pandemic."They advise us and we as ministers, democratically elected, make the decisions. That's how it works and the level is clearly moving from four to three and the reason for that is because we can see that the number of new infections is coming down.
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