- Savannah Mayo
The steps and precautions for lifting lockdown measures
From BBC News:
For the full list of steps and precautions, visit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52530518 or https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-sets-out-roadmap-to-cautiously-ease-lockdown-restrictions
Each stage will be a minimum of five weeks apart.
Stage one is in two parts:
8 March
• Schools open. Outdoor after-school sports allowed.
• Two people allowed to sit together outdoors.
• Care home residents allowed 1 regular visitor
29 March
• Six people or two households allowed to meet outdoors
• Outdoor sports facilities open, organised sport allowed
• Travel outside local area allowed
Stage two
No earlier than 12 April:
• Non-essential retail and personal care open
• Hospitality outdoors open
• Indoor leisure e.g. gyms, swimming pools open
• Self-contained holiday accommodation open
Stage three
No earlier than 17 May:
• Outdoor most social contact rules lifted
• Six people or two households can meet indoors
• Indoor hospitality and hotels open
Stage four
No earlier than 21 June:
• All legal limits on social contact will be removed
• Hope to reopen final closed sectors of the economy
Four conditions must be met at each stage before proceeding to the next one:
• The coronavirus vaccine programme continues to go to plan
• Vaccines are sufficiently reducing the number of people dying with the virus or needing hospital treatment
• Infection rates do not risk a surge in hospital admissions
• New coronavirus variants do not fundamentally change the risk of lifting restrictions