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Pubs 'to open last' when UK slowly lifts coronavirus lockdown - Metro.co.uk

Police enforcing the lockdown in a pub (left) and the Villiers Arms pub (right)
Caption: Pubs will re-open last in phased exit from coronavirus lockdown Pictures: Reuters/Rex

After being stuck indoors for a month while the weather gets nicer, many Brits are craving for things to return to normal.

Plenty will be missing their local pub, but they are not expected to open straight away when the Government eventually decides to end restrictions. Ministers and scientific advisers are considering extending the lockdown well into summer, despite the damage this could cause to the economy.

Another option is to ease emergency measures after the current three-week extensions ends on May 8 and risk a second ‘peak’ of Covid-19 infections. Tension is reportedly mounting among the Cabinet over a lack of debate on the best exit strategy.

But whatever happens, a source close to the Government told MailOnline the lockdown would be lifted in stages, with pubs and outdoor spaces likely to be opened last. Social distancing measures including working from home where possible is expected to stay until a vaccine is developed, which some experts say could be a year away.

Pubs have been ordered to close with no idea when they will be allowed to reopen (Picture: Reuters)
CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 20: A general view inside Central Bar, a JD Wetherspoon pub, on March 20, 2020 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. This afternoon Boris Johnson announced that all pubs, restaurants and gyms were to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus has spread to at least 184 countries, claiming over 11,000 lives and infecting over 270,000. There have now been 3,983 diagnosed cases in the UK and 177 deaths. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
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The Government was forced to deny claims from the Labour party it was in ‘limbo’ while Boris Johnson recovered from coronavirus. On Friday Transport Secretary Shapps said departments had been given two weeks to come up with proposals.

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Speaking to BBC’s Today programme he said the country is likely to move towards a model of remote working and staggered shifts in the immediate aftermath of the lockdown.

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He said: ‘The world probably will not go back to how it was before in a whole manner of different ways.

‘It may well be in the future that companies say, “it’s actually worked very well having some of our staff work from remote locations, why don’t we carry on doing that?”‘

Scientists say extending the lockdown into the summer would lead to an ‘extremely low’ level of cases which could make it much easier for health officials to isolate patients and trace people they have been in contact with.

A closed restaurant stands empty in a deserted Kingly Court in the hospitality and nightlife hotspot of Soho in London, England, on March 21, 2020. Much of central London was virtually empty today, a day after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered the closure of all pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants around the country. The move represents a toughening of measures to enforce the 'social distancing' that is being urged on citizens to reduce the growth of covid-19 coronavirus infections. Nightclubs, theatres, cinemas, gyms and leisure centres were also ordered closed. Some shops in the centre of capital remained open today, albeit mostly deserted of customers; many retailers however have temporarily closed their doors until the crisis abates. (Photo by David Cliff/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
A restaurant stands empty in the nightlife hub of Soho in London’s West End (Picture: Getty Images)
Handout photo taken with permission from the twitter feed of Lucy Goacher/@goachwriter showing people in the SLug and Lettuce bar in Worthing, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered pubs and restaurants across the country to close tonight as the Government announced unprecedented measures to cover the wages of workers who would otherwise lose their jobs due to the coronavirus outbreak. PA Photo. Picture date: Sunday November 29, 2015. See PA story HEALTH Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Lucy Goacher/@goachwriter/Twitter/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Pubs are expected to open last whatever the Government decides to do (Picture: PA)

But with restaurants, non-essential shops, pubs and club closed for longer the economy will take a bigger hit as a result.

Lifting restrictions in three weeks could see a higher rate of community transmission and it would be much harder to track Covid-19 cases.

Government advisers have expressed doubt over an NHS mobile phone app to trace users and warn them to get tested if they make contact with infected people.

They say 80% of the population would need to download it for it to be effective.

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