England dropped most of its Covid restrictions in July. One month on, here's how it's going

England dropped most of its coronavirus restrictions in July, a move that was welcomed by much of the country's hard-pressed business sector but criticized by thousands of scientists as a "dangerous and unethical experiment." A month on, there are signs that the reopening has come at a cost.

In an open letter published in the Lancet medical journal, they argued that a rising number of Covid-19 cases, the new Delta variant and the fact that a large part of the UK population was not yet fully vaccinated made the move too risky. But the government was determined to push ahead.