With just five Covid cases per 100,000 in the week up to 12 June, the Suffolk town of Ipswich has the lowest rate in England. But it has previously had one of the highest.
Barman Adam Muir, 22, says the figures are “rather surprising.
“t’s not like I’ve been seeing everyone following the guidelines,” he says.
“It’s the regular stuff – no-one wearing their masks, no-one paying attention to the Covid guidelines.
“I suppose everyone is fed up with it, and I’ve seen it more so in hospitality – when you’re drunk, you don’t really pay attention.”
Friends Rosie Loveday, 32, and Rhiannon Newby, 21, are also surprised at the low rate.
“I’m shocked,” says Rosie. “One day you hear we have the highest infection rate, and the next it’s the lowest.
“I’m in town most days and most people are wearing masks, or they have exemption cards. Overall, it’s not been too bad.”
Rhiannon says: “I’m the younger generation, and there hasn’t been as much following the rules.”
But BT worker Swapnil, 32, says he thinks people are following the rules.
“Ipswich is miles from London, so perhaps we don’t have people coming from areas where it is high.
“People are out and about now, but they are taking the proper precautions.”
He says everyone he knows are “quite eager for their jabs”.
There’s more from the people we chatted to on Ipswich Waterfront here.
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