More than a quarter of Britons fear life will NEVER get back to normal after Covid despite most legal lockdown restrictions lifting
More than a quarter of Britons believe life will never get back to normal after coronavirus, according to a shock poll.
Exclusive research for MailOnline found 26 per cent cannot see our pre-pandemic lifestyles returning at any point.
The bulk of those questioned by Redfield & Wilton Strategies - 38 per cent - harboured hopes that the country will be back on track at some point next year.
But the scale of the pessimism underlines the grip 'coronaphobia' has taken on the national psyche - even though almost all legal lockdown restrictions are being dropped.
Exclusive research for MailOnline found 26 per cent cannot see our pre-pandemic lifestyles returning at any point
The survey emerged as separate Office for National Statistics polling found people are still obeying Covid rules even though they are no longer compulsory in many cases.
Between July 21 and 25 - after 'Freedom Day' in England - the proportion of adults wearing face coverings outside their homes remained stubbornly at 95 per cent.
Some 61 per cent said they always maintained social distancing, down only marginally from 63 per cent the week before.
The research for MailOnline also revealed that many Britons appear to have given up on going abroad on holiday this year, amid a shambles over travel rules.
Just 10 per cent intend to travel abroad while four per cent intend to travel both abroad and domestically this summer.
More than half of respondents said they do not intend to travel anywhere and will be staying at home.
The Redfield & Wilton Strategies poll found just 14 per cent of Brits are planning a summer holiday abroad this year