The UK has been on effective lockdown since last month now as the government attempts to keep people apart and slow the spread of coronavirus.
These are the most drastic measures imposed on the UK in peacetime as the UK tries to combat the deadly virus.
On Friday the UK's death toll rose to 3,605 with the confirmation that another 684 people had died as a result of the virus.
The first of a series of new Nightingale hospitals also opened on Friday. The 4,000-bed temporary hospital at the ExCel centre in east London will treat Covid-19 patients transferred from other intensive care units across London.
Four more temporary Nightingale hospitals are also due to open in Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol and Harrogate over the coming weeks.
When did the UK go into lockdown?
In a televised address on March 23, Mr Johnson said: “From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction - you must stay at home.”
He then went on to list the reasons people could leave their homes:
- Shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently as possible
- One form of exercise a day - for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household
- Any medical need, to provide car or to help a vulnerable person
- Travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home
Gatherings of more than two people have also been banned, as have weddings and baptisms. Non-essential shops have been ordered to close, while parks have also been closed since the announcement.
Police have also been been given extra powers, stopping motorists to check if their journeys are essential.
How long is UK lockdown likely to go on for?
In his address on March 23 the Prime Minister said the emergency measures will be in place for at least three weeks.
And with the number of cases and deaths in the UK rising, it’s unlikely restrictions will be lifted before Easter.
Last week a health chief warned that lockdown is “nowhere near” ending, with cases expected to keep rising for up to three weeks.
Public Health England's Medical Director said if cases plateau and then come down, lockdown measures could be “reviewed and in due course perhaps lightened a little - but we’re nowhere near being able to say that yet."
On April 6 it emerged that ministers have appointed a team to work out options for when lockdown can end amid fears even profitable business could go bust if current restrictions continue beyond June.
The UK's death toll has soared to more than 5,000 but amid signs that the infection rate is starting to slow, although the peak of Britain's epidemic won't come for another two to three weeks.
Immunity passports
The government has said it is looking at issuing “immunity passports” for those who have had the disease and recovered, allowing them to escape lockdown.
But health experts have warned that it may take 28 days before an immunity test will work and that immunity may not last forever.
In the government’s daily briefing on Thursday (April 2), Health Secretary Matt Hancock said: "How people who have had the disease have got the antibodies and therefore have the immunity can show that and so get back as much as possible to normal life.
"That is an important thing that we will be doing and are looking at."
He warned though that it was too early in the "science of the immunity that comes from having the disease" to be clear about when that might come and how it would work.
He added: "I wish that we could but the reason that we can't is because the science isn't yet advanced enough.
"But we have a programme of work on to understand the immunity that you get out of this, which is a global piece of work. And what you then do for people who have had the disease.”
