Lockdown exit plans

Exit plans begun

Italy

GDP to fall by 9.1% in 2020, IMF predicts. Bookshops, laundries, stationers, children’s clothes stores reopened in some regions; forestry workers and IT manufacturers back at work. Full lockdown set to end 4 May

Spain

GDP to fall by 9.1% in 2020, IMF predicts. Bookshops, laundries, stationers, children’s clothes stores reopened in some regions; forestry workers and IT manufacturers back at work. Full lockdown set to end 4 May

Austria

7% fall. Public parks, small shops, DIY and gardening supply stores reopened with strict distancing rules and masks. If virus under control, all stores to reopen on 2 May, restaurants in mid-May

-7.5%

The amount by which

eurozone economies

will contract in 2020

according to the IMF

-6.0%

Finland

-6.3%

Norway

-6.5%

-6.5%

UK

Denmark

-6.5%

-7.0%

Czech Rep

Germany

-7.2%

-7.0%

France

Austria

-8.0%

Spain

-6.0%

-9.1%

Switzerland

Italy

Announced

Denmark

6.5% fall. Daycare centres and primary schools to reopen 15 April, Restaurants, cafes closed and gatherings of more than 10 people banned until 10 May, larger gatherings until August

France

7.2% fall. Lockdown extended until 11 May, after which creches and schools to reopen progressively. Bars, restaurants, cinemas to stay closed; large public gatherings banned until at least mid-July

Switzerland

6.0% fall. Authorities to announce on 16 April first easing of measures by the end of month

Finland

6.0% fall. Ban on all but essential travel in and out of the Helsinki region lifted, but all other restrictions to remain in place until further notice

Czech Republic

6.5% fall. A five-stage plan to start on 20 April with open-air markets and workshops and end on 8 June. Czechs may now also travel abroad providing they undergo two-week quarantine on returning

Norway

6.3% fall. Kindergartens to reopen and some health specialists to return to work from 20 April. Partial reopening of high schools and universities, hair, massage and beauty salons from 27 April

No plans yet

Germany

7% fall. Social distancing rules likely to be extended to 3 May, with sports stadiums and concert halls remaining shut for several months. Disagreement among regional leaders on school reopenings

UK

6.5% fall. Current lockdown imposed on 23 March and was to have been reviewed on 13 April, but officials said on Monday it was too soon to start easing restrictions

Exit plans begun

Italy

Spain

Austria

GDP to fall by 9.1% in 2020, IMF predicts. Bookshops, laundries, stationers, children’s clothes stores reopened in some regions; forestry workers and IT manufacturers back at work. Full lockdown set to end 4 May

8% fall. Some factory and construction workers back on job but most shops and services remain closed and office staff still working from home. Lockdown set to end 27 April but likely to be extended

7% fall. Public parks, small shops, DIY and gardening supply stores reopened with strict distancing rules and masks. If virus under control, all stores to reopen on 2 May, restaurants in mid-May

-6.0%

-7.5%

-6.3%

Finland

The amount by which

eurozone economies

will contract in 2020

according to the IMF

Norway

-6.5%

Denmark

-6.5%

-7.0%

-6.5%

Czech Republic

Germany

UK

-6.0%

-7.0%

Switzerland

Austria

-7.2%

France

-8.0%

Spain

-9.1%

Italy

Announced

Switzerland

Finland

Denmark

France

6.0% fall. Authorities to announce on 16 April first easing of measures by the end of month

6.0% fall. Ban on all but essential travel in and out of the Helsinki region lifted, but all other restrictions to remain in place until further notice

6.5% fall. Daycare centres and primary schools to reopen 15 April, Restaurants, cafes closed and gatherings of more than 10 people banned until 10 May, larger gatherings until August

7.2% fall. Lockdown extended until 11 May, after which creches and schools to reopen progressively. Bars, restaurants, cinemas to stay closed; large public gatherings banned until at least mid-July

No plans yet

Czech Republic

Norway

Germany

UK

6.5% fall. A five-stage plan to start on 20 April with open-air markets and workshops and end on 8 June. Czechs may now also travel abroad providing they undergo two-week quarantine on returning

6.3% fall. Kindergartens to reopen and some health specialists to return to work from 20 April. Partial reopening of high schools and universities, hair, massage and beauty salons from 27 April

7% fall. Social distancing rules likely to be extended to 3 May, with sports stadiums and concert halls remaining shut for several months. Disagreement among regional leaders on school reopenings

6.5% fall. Current lockdown imposed on 23 March and was to have been reviewed on 13 April, but officials said on Monday it was too soon to start easing restrictions