Lockdown is a loser's game – we can't keep this up, says RICHARD MADELEY

WHEN, oh when, are we going to come to our senses and stop playing this ridiculous game of hide-and-seek with the coronavirus? The cycle of absurdity is now firmly established. We conceal ourselves; Covid-19 bides its time until we decide to come out again, infections rise, we go back into hiding. It's a miserable, pointless spiral and possibly the most depressing thing about it is the institutional lack of intelligence it reveals.