The next major change in the lockdown easing road map starts on April 12 with the return of non-essential shops re-opening and pubs welcoming customers outdoors.
There is still a ban on foreign travel, but travel within England is set to allow overnight stays from April 12.
There are a number of key dates between now and October which will set out the rest of the path out of lockdown, reports .
These are all the key dates to note, with the next rounds of rule changes and announcements.
April 12: Step Two
Non-essential shops, personal care premises such as hairdressers and nail salons, and public buildings such as libraries will reopen.
Most outdoor attractions and settings can also reopen including pubs and restaurants and cafes, zoos and theme parks. But only the outdoor areas such as beer gardens and terraces. It’ll be table service only but takeaway pints are also allowed.
Wider social contact rules will apply in all these settings. You won’t be able to have indoor mixing between households. So in hairdresser or a library for example, you can only go with members of your own household.
Indoor leisure - gyms, spas and swimming pools - will also reopen but once again, only for people going on their own or with their own household. Saunas and steam rooms cannot open at this stage.
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Outdoor gatherings will be in line with the March 29 rules on social contact. So two households or Rule of 6 when meeting friends in a beer garden.
The government is not going back to the need to order a substantial meal with alcohol - and no curfews either. The ‘Scotch egg’ rule is dead.
Self-contained accommodation - campsites and holiday lets where indoor facilities not shared with other households - can also reopen. People stay in a self catering cottage but only with their own household. Foreign holidays will still be banned.
Funerals can continue with up to 30 people as currently. For wedding ceremonies and receptions and commemorative events the number rises from 6 to 15. Driving lessons can resume.
April 15: All over-50s offered first vaccine dose
This is the latest date by which all over-50s and at-risk groups are meant to have been offered their first dose, according to the NHS.
In total, 32million people should have been offered a first vaccine dose by this date. Millions more who got first doses near the start of the year will be getting their second dose at the same time.
But the NHS is also expected to be suffering a slowdown during April due to supply problems.
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While chiefs insist this won’t hit the over-50s target, it’s thought very few healthy under-50s will be going in for their first doses until supply ramps back up again in May
Mid April: Moderna vaccine comes on stream
During April, the 海角视频 is expected to start rolling out its third approved vaccine made by US firm Moderna.
Along with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, the 17million Moderna doses should help boost supply and speed up the rollout.
The jab was approved around the turn of the year by regulators.
April 17: Snooker brings early test of mass events
The snooker World Championship begins at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield - and will be an early test of mass events.
Ministers are planning to use the tournament as one of their first “pilots” on reopening major events to spectators.
The events research programme will use testing, “certification” and other measures to run events with larger crowd sizes and reduced social distancing.
This could pave the way for allowing things like music festivals over the summer - if the results are successful.
April 30: Under-50s vaccines begin in earnest
By the end of April, NHS chiefs are hoping to be giving first doses to the final, lowest-priority group - all adults under 50 without major health issues.
These 21m people are not sorted into priority groups by profession. It’s 40-49, 30-39 then 18-29.
May 6: Local elections
May 6 will see a set of elections including contests for 143 English councils, the 129-member Scottish Parliament and 60-member Welsh Parliament.
There will also be elections for eight metro mayors including London’s, five City mayors, 40 police commissioners and the London Assembly.
May 10: Step Three news - and second doses for all over-70s
All the top four priority groups - including over-70s, shielders and NHS and care workers - should have had their second dose by this point, given it’s 12 weeks after they were all offered a first dose.
Also on this date, Boris Johnson should give England notice of whether Step Three of the roadmap can go ahead on time.
May 15: FA Cup final
Ministers are hoping to pack Wembley as full as possible for the FA Cup final.
The event will be part of the pilots on bringing back larger crowds with less social distancing, helped by rapid testing
May 17 at earliest: Step Three
The government will be easing limits on social contact more. Outdoors, most social contact rules should be lifted almost entirely, but gatherings of over 30 people outdoors will remain illegal.
Indoor mixing will be allowed again - but be subject to restrictions.
Indoors, gatherings will be limited to the rule of 6 or a larger group from up to 2 households, whichever is larger.
This means people will be able to go on domestic breaks in England with up to five friends, or a larger number as long as there are only two households in total.
It also means you're allowed overnight stays with friends and family elsewhere in the country for the first time.
The government will also review social distancing rules by this point, which could allow people to hug close friends or relatives from outside their own household for the first time in 14 months.
The inside of pubs and restaurants open at this point - but remain table service only.
If meeting friends inside the pub, it’s the rule of six or two households, whichever is greater. But those restrictions are removed if you’re in the beer garden and only the limit on gatherings of 30 people remains.
Also opening are entertainment such as cinemas and theatres, children’s play areas, remaining accommodation (hotels, hostels and B&Bs) and indoor adult sports groups and exercise classes.
Performances and sporting events that aren’t part of the pilot scheme will be allowed for the first time. Indoor events can have 1,000 people or be half full (whichever is smaller).
Outdoors, capacity of 4,000 people will be allowed, or half full, again whichever is smaller.
In the largest outdoor seated venues such as the biggest football stadiums, up to 10,000 people will be able to attend - or a quarter full, whichever is lower.
Up to 30 people will be able to attend weddings, receptions and wakes as well as funerals, and other life events will finally be permitted again including Bar Mitzvahs and christenings.
On holidays, May 17 is the earliest possible date you could be allowed to go abroad but it depends on the outcome of the review which reports by April 12.
Saunas and steam rooms can reopen in this step.
June 14: Step Four announcement
Boris Johnson should announce on or by this date whether Step Four of the roadmap can go ahead on time.
June 21 at the earliest: Step Four
The government is hoping all of the legal limits on social contact can be removed - though some guidance on social distancing, or masks or hand-washing, may well remain.
Officials also hope to reopen those final closed sectors of the economy, some of which didn’t open last summer - e.g. nightclubs, and small standing-only gigs.
The government is also hoping to lift restrictions on large events and performances that applied in the previous step.
And they hope to make a decision on whether all limits can be removed on weddings and other life events.
Also at this point, key reviews on social distancing rules and Covid ‘certification’ will report back.
These could recommend, for example, that people carry on using masks on public transport and show their vaccine status (or take a rapid test) through their phone before going to pubs or events.
The roadmap admits: "Some measures may be required even after all adults have been offered a vaccine, because neither coverage nor effectiveness of the vaccine will be 100%.
"As a result, a significant proportion of the population will remain vulnerable to infection, some of whom will also be vulnerable to severe disease and death."
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June 30: Stamp Duty cut ends for first-time buyers
The government temporarily raised the stamp duty threshold from £125,000 to £500,000 for property sales last year.
It gives first-time buyers up to £10,000 off and ladder-movers and landlords up to £15,000 off buying a home.
On June 30 the cap reverts to £250,000. This will still help second-time buyers until September 30, but for first-time buyers it will mean they're back to normal, since they get special treatment already.
July 8: Second doses for all over-50s
By this date all over-50s and vulnerable groups should have got their second dose of the vaccine, as it’s 12 weeks after the deadline to offer them a first dose.
July 11: Euro 2021 final
The Euro 2021 Final takes place at Wembley Stadium after being delayed due to Covid. Ministers will hope to fill the stadium as far as possible.
July 31: All 海角视频 adults offered first vaccine dose
This is the deadline for all adults (over 18) to be offered their first dose of the Covid vaccine.
August: Foreign holidays
While foreign holidays could return from May 17, reports have suggested they may only be possible in August and even then, there could be a traffic light system with quarantine for those returning from some nations.
September: Third ‘booster’ jabs could begin
Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said people aged over 70 could start receiving Covid booster jabs from September.
These are currently in development. The idea would be to protect people from new variants which pose more resistance to a vaccine.
September 30: End of furlough, extra benefits and business support
Furlough, the Stamp Duty cut, the 5% VAT cut for pubs and £20-a-week Universal Credit boost are all due to end.
October 23: Second doses for all 海角视频 adults
All 海角视频 adults should by this point have been offered their second dose of the vaccine by this date, given it’s 12 weeks after the deadline to offer them a first dose.
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