Schools and shops shut until at least June, Boris Johnson tells England

Mr Johnson outlined ‘the first sketch of a road map’, with a new alert system to determine when aspects of the economy and social lives can restart.

Boris Johnson has said schools and non-essential shops will remain shut in England until at least June because the coronavirus transmission rate is still too high to significantly ease the lockdown.

But the British Prime Minister said people who cannot work from home should be “actively encouraged” to return to their jobs from Monday and granted unlimited exercise in England from Wednesday.