Use of the ‘Leave Home Safe’ app, hotel quarantine and policy consistency have all come under scrutiny. A well-thought-out pandemic management strategy that takes into account its medium- and long-term effects is urgently needed.
Given the surge in the number of face masks and plastic utensils, measures are needed to counter their use and manage their safe disposal. The government must also do more to protect vulnerable middle-income households, and counter the effects of remote learning on existing inequalities.