Around one in seven adults now believe life will never return to normal again following the coronavirus pandemic, according to a study.
Conducted by the Office for National Statistics to gauge the social impacts of the pandemic on Britain, a regular survey found; 14per cent of people believe covid-19 and the accompanying complications of lockdowns, testing and vaccinations, are here to stay.
When asked the same question a year earlier, only 4per cent of adults polled believed life would never return to the normality of the pre-pandemic days.
The survey, conducted during the first two weeks of December, also found that almost four in 10 people (39per cent) believe it will take longer than a year before life returns to normal.