I am pleased that lonely people can meet with one other person or household. It does not affect me, but I really feel for those who have coped with a very lonely situation.
However, as Chris Whitty explained this evening we are not at the end of the pandemic, but in the middle of it. The Science would indicate that we could see a rise in cases as we go into the Autumn.
I am strictly abiding by the guidelines, DH and I seem to have had the virus, but there is no evidence that we could not be reinfected or infect someone else. That someone else could be a dear relative or friend.