Covid: Why the UK seems less likely to go into lockdown than other European countries

Britons are holding onto hopes of a Covid-free Christmas while countries across Europe are being placed into lockdown.

In recent days, the Netherlands, Belgium and Austria have seen protests in reaction to new measures with the latter also introducing mandatory vaccines from February owing to low uptake.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this week that he saw no need to move the UK’s winter “Plan B” in which people would be made to wear masks indoors and advised to work from home.

So as a fourth wave grips Europe, why is the UK seemingly less likely to face another lockdown?

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