For anyone attempting to keep track of the ever-changing rules that have governed social contact in the UK over the past two years, Adam Wagner’s spreadsheet has been an invaluable resource.
The human rights barrister has been charting the many iterations of the UK’s Covid-19 legislation, from the Health Protection (Coronavirus) Regulations 2020 that came into force on 10 February 2020, which enabled the government to detain suspected Covid cases, to an amendment made on 16 December 2021 updating the rules on international travel. To date there have been 92 legislative updates, meaning the rules have changed on average almost once a week since the pandemic first hit.
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