A bus drives past a directional sign for a Covid-19 test centre on Hoe Street in Walthamstow, north London on December 30, 2021. Fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant, daily cases of Covid-19 in England have ballooned, standing at more than 183,000 on Wednesday. AFP PHOTO
LONDON: Britain's health minister insisted on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that reimposing coronavirus restrictions in England would be "an absolute last resort" and that the country must "try to live with Covid."