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this timeline seems so weird still, so basically I cant see my parents (otherside of the country) until May?
rogan-
No. March 29th.
Although you can't meet them indoors until May.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-56149494/page/2
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29 March- Outdoor gatherings of up to six people or two households allowed, including meeting in private gardens
- Outdoor sports facilities such as tennis and basketball courts and outdoor swimming pools allowed to reopen; organised outdoor sports can resume
- Stay at home order ends but people encouraged to stay local wherever they can
- Work from home wherever possible
- No overseas travel.
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- Outdoor gatherings of up to six people or two households allowed, including meeting in private gardens
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12th April holiday lets open, implied is you can therefore travel? But, can't go and stay with them/see them inside until May... but you could go and stay locally and see them outside every day.
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Inside, yep. I can only hope that @Stonehedge is right, and that after getting their hands burnt several times lifting restrictions too early this is a very conservative plan.
However, the argument for spacing out the relaxations is based on making the changes then allowing time to make sure that they haven't resulted in infection rates increasing, as recommended by Chris Whitty.
Hopefully this is an exercise in expectation management, and if things go faster than 'expected' the relaxations will happen faster.
Personally I'm worried I'll go nuts if I have to wait this long for the relaxations.
Greenbank
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Fox
(From the PM's statement in the HoP.)
8th March - schools back in
29th March - outdoor organised sport (tennis, 5-a-side, basketball, etc) - end of "Stay at home"
12th April - Nonessential retail, indoor gyms + pools, holiday lets (individual households), pubs and restaurants outdoors (no curfew and no need for 'substantial meal' with alcohol), libraries
17th May - 30 people can meet up outside, Rule-of-6/Two-families can meet indoors in a pub, Fans back in stadiums (possibly limited capacity though), Cinemas, Theatres (Again, possible capacity limits)
21st June - hopefully the final stage of relaxations
5 weeks between each stage (if you ignore 29th March when most schools will break for Easter, although my daughter's school finishes 31st March) - 4 weeks for the effect to be seen in the figures (tests -> hospitalisations -> deaths) and 1 week advance notice