The art will be to do so in such a way that the NHS can cope with a rise in admissions. And social distancing for the most vulnerable must remain in place.
To kick off the restart debate on a practical level, here are five areas to consider for the first phase of any amendment to the current restrictions.
And England’s NHS National Medical Director says that PPE needs to get to the frontline following “the guidance that was approved two weeks ago”.
We owe farmers a mass thank you for their sterling efforts in fuelling the nation at this crucial time – and there are policy lessons to be learnt.
Ministers can carry on trying, through the British Business Bank or directly, to push on this Gordian Knot – or slice through it.
“I can announce today that the Government has set up a vaccines task force to co-ordinate the efforts of government, academia and industry.”
We are providing food deliveries for around 2,600 households in the Scottish Borders. Rural transport for the children of key workers was also urgent.
“If we rush to relax the measures in place, we would risk wasting all the sacrifices and all the progress we have made.”
1) NHS can continue to provide critical care 2) Sustained death rate fall 3) Decreasing infection rate 4) Testing/PPE sorted 5) No second peak danger.
Also: Welsh Labour demand less alignment with London on coronavirus policy; and Sinn Fein isolated in objecting to Army support in Northern Ireland.
It should not expect to resurrect ‘business as usual’. The key priority is scrutiny of Government action and managing the crisis.
With draft texts exchanged, it’s unlikely that the Government will seek out a Brexit extension.
Large numbers of people are falling through the eligibility gaps – caught between schemes for the employed and self-employed.
The crisis is bound to put a further strain on Birmingham’s finances. The timetable for the Commonwealth Games was already very tight.
“We’re increasing again PPE supplies to social care. We’re creating a supply logistics and distribution network of unprecedented scale.”