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Today's Sunday Times leads with the story that senior ministers have drawn up a three-phase exit plan that would see schools reopened on May 11th. (If you can't get past the Sunday Times's paywall, you can read about the plan in the Mail here.) Under the "traffic light" plan, which has yet to be approved by Boris, schools would reopen on May 11th during the "green" phase, along with clothes shops, garden centres and hairdressers, and rail and bus services would return to normal. This would be followed by a second "amber" stage, starting in late May or early June, which would see more shops and businesses reopen, all employees urged to return to work and some small social gatherings permitted. Pubs and restaurants and larger events such as sport and concerts would be phased in later in the summer. However, the over-70s and those with underlying health conditions will be stuck on a "red" light and have to wait until a vaccine is available before they're allowed to resume normal life. (Note to Boris: a vaccine probably won't be available for several years, so why not just let older people decide for themselves whether to leave their homes and see their grandchildren?) This, or something like it, is the exit strategy the Government should have unveiled on Thursday when ...
