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Last week, the health secretary sounded more optimistic. The test-and-trace system, as well as other responses to the pandemic, were now "so good that the country could avoid a major resurgence in cases of the virus, as seen in countries such as France and Spain," Hancock predicted.
Promoting the government's planned new trial of mass weekly testing on a population-wide level, Hancock said that he remained "very worried" about an upsurge in cases, but the country was "in a better position than some."
Testing the population will rather predictably result in an 'upsurge' in 'confirmed' cases.
Britain has been gradually easing a relatively strict lockdown since early July, opening pubs, restaurants, shops and gyms, if social distancing is being observed.
Comment: The Covid fiasco plus riots in the streets have lead many to conclude what they should have a long time ago - highly populated urban centers are not the places to be when modern civilization is taking a nosedive.
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