Similar plans are also being considered in Belgium.
Scotland’s government has gone further than UK officials in laying out how lockdown might eventually be eased.
Yesterday Ms Sturgeon (published a) – page document saying outdoor activities might resume, and businesses may reopen if they can keep customers and staff 2 meters apart.
The First Minister also suggested schools could reopen with modifications needed in some classrooms.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has refused to comment in detail on the plan for the whole of the UK.
But today he said Ms Sturgeon’s plan was “essentially a reiteration” of his own five tests of when lockdown can be relaxed.
Those five tests are: the NHS able to cope; a sustained fall in deaths; infections dropping to ‘manageable’ rates; adequate testing and PPE; and no risk of a second peak.
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