Lockdown exit plans

Exit plans begun

Italy

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

Some factory and construction workers back at work 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

Austria

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

Denmark

Daycare centres and primary schools have reopened on 15 April. Restaurants and cafes closed and gatherings of more than 10 people banned until 10 May. Larger gatherings banned until August

The amount by which

European 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

France

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

Authorities will announce on 16 April first easing of measures by the end of month

Finland

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

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

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

Germany

Partial reopening of schools announced for 4 May. Hairdressers may reopen then if they take precautions, followed by other smaller shops, bookshops, bike stores and car dealerships from 11 May

No plans yet

UK

Current lockdown imposed on 23 March is to continue for a further three weeks, as experts still cannot be sure the coronavirus epidemic has peaked

Exit plans begun

Italy

Spain

Austria

Denmark

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

Some factory and construction workers back at work 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

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

Daycare centres and primary schools have reopened on 15 April. Restaurants and cafes closed and gatherings of more than 10 people banned until 10 May. Larger gatherings banned until August

-6.0%

-6.3%

Finland

The amount by which

European economies

will contract in 2020,

according to the IMF

Norway

-6.5%

Denmark

-7.0%

-6.5%

-6.5%

Germany

Czech Republic

UK

-6.0%

Switzerland

-7.0%

Austria

-7.2%

France

-8.0%

Spain

-9.1%

Italy

Announced

Switzerland

Finland

Czech Republic

France

Authorities will announce on 16 April first easing of measures by the end of month

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

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

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

Norway

Germany

UK

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

Partial reopening of schools announced for 4 May. Hairdressers may reopen then if they take precautions, followed by other smaller shops, bookshops, bike stores and car dealerships from 11 May

Current lockdown imposed on 23 March is to continue for a further three weeks, as experts still cannot be sure the coronavirus epidemic has peaked