Bombay HC says allow unvaccinated on locals; BMC closes vax centres and jumbos; free tests down. Experts say don’t rush to normalcy
Visitors crowd around the crocodile shelter at the Jijamata Bhosale Udyan and Zoo, Byculla, earlier this month. Pic/Getty Images
Last week, while unveiling the Living With COVID strategy, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said England was exiting the “grimmest years in our peacetime”. His statement underpinned how the UK’s aggressive Coronavirus-mitigation strategies had made it the freest country in Europe. Health Secretary Sajid Javid went as far as calling February 24, 2022, as Freedom Day after the government scrapped all remaining emergency COVID laws after two years of crippling lockdowns—no face masks in London’s public transport, no five-day isolation after testing positive.