Reading between the lines - because there was some suggestion that surface transmission might be a problem, this is largely now thought not be be the case, but

Reading between the lines - because there was some suggestion that surface transmission might be a problem, this is largely now thought not be be the case, but it’s a relatively low-cost measure that was already put in place and increases public confidence, even though broadly speaking it’s likely to have a minimal effect on transmission rates. Cleaning high-contact surfaces was not an unreasonable precaution to take; it’s probably something we will slowly stop doing now as the pandemic starts to ease.