How long are we going to be in lockdown?
Shops smaller than 800 square metres now have permission to reopenSchools will be partially reopened from 4 May, with older primary school children and the years taking exams in 2021About four million workers have returned to their jobs, with police handing out up to 10 million face masks to commutersRestrictions vary.
Do this successfully enough and it will reduce the ability of the virus to spread and will mean we do not need as tough a set of restrictions on day-to-day life. Prof Mark Woolhouse, from the University of Edinburgh, said:"Very crudely, for 80% of us who are not vulnerable this is a nasty virus, it's certainly a significant health problem, but it wouldn't overwhelm the healthcare system and it wouldn't lock down society.
Substantial increases could come from lifting advice to work from home, reopening schools or isolating sick people and quarantining households.But which measures to lift will be a difficult balancing act. It will have to be a combination of the benefits to society and the economy against the impact on the spread of the virus.
But there is also a decision about how far we go with suppressing the virus after we've gone past the peak.
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