Covid: We could live with virus ‘like we do flu’ by end of year, says Hancockon February 13, 2021 at 4:22 am

The health secretary says he hopes Covid-19 will be a treatable disease by the end of the year.

But Mr Green said by vaccinating a large part of the population, particularly those most at risk, and approving new treatments, we can “slowly, gradually, cautiously open up with the confidence that we are not going to have to lock down again”.