Covid-19 lockdowns begin to relax
 
1. CANADA
May: Provinces gradually to reopen economies

2. UNITED STATES
Apr 30: Seven states partially reopen. Eight have already lifted restrictions

3. MEXICO
Non-essential businesses and schools closed to end of May, but no strict curfew

4. NETHERLANDS
May 11: Primary schools open
May 17: Leisure businesses may reopen

5. GERMANY
Some non-essential shops now open
Apr 27: Wearing masks mandatory in shops and on public transport
Apr 30: Review of bar, restaurant and school closures

6. DENMARK
Apr: Some year groups allowed to attend school

7. NORWAY
Apr: Primary schools open with smaller class sizes

8. SWEDEN
No lockdown. Primary schools remain open, as do restaurants and bars

9. FINLAND
May 13: Public gatherings of more than 10 people allowed. Schools may reopen
Jun: Restaurants may reopen

10. BELGIUM
May 4: Non-essential hospital treatments resume. Textile industry reopens to make face masks
Jun 8: Bars and restaurants reopen

11. UK
May 7: Review of lockdown

12. FRANCE
May 11: Some shops and schools reopen, face masks compulsory

13. SPAIN
May 2: People allowed to leave home for exercise

14. PORTUGAL
May 3: Lockdown ends. Textile industry to focus on PPE* production

15. SWITZERLAND
Apr 27: Hairdressers, florists, and garden
centres reopen
May 11: Schools reopen Jun 8: Bars and restaurants may reopen

16. ITALY
May 4: Parks reopen, funerals allowed, people permitted to visit relatives in same region
May 18: Stores and museums open
Jun 1: Restaurants and salons open

17. GREECE
May 4: Restrictions on movement eased, some shops reopen

18. POLAND
Apr: Parks and forests reopen
May 4: Shopping centres and hotels reopen
May 6: Pre-schools reopen

19. CZECH REPUBLIC
Apr: Non-essential travel restrictions lifted, meetings of up to 10 people allowed. Visits to relatives or doctor permitted

20. AUSTRIA
May 1: Stores reopen – restaurants by mid-May

21. SLOVENIA
Apr: Garages and some shops reopen. Outdoor sports resume
May 4: Beauty parlours reopen. People must wear face masks in indoor public spaces

22. RUSSIA
May 11: Review of lockdown

23. KAZAKHSTAN
May 1: Some internal flights resume. State of emergency extended to May 11

24. CHINA
May: Wuhan aims to resume rail, flight, freight services

25. HONG KONG
May 4: Civil servants return to work

26. SOUTH KOREA
Apr 20: Shops, hotels
and restaurants reopen but churches and schools remain closed
May 6: Further easing due

27. JAPAN
State of emergency but restaurants remain open

28. SOUTH AFRICA
May 1: Farming and some manufacturing and retail to resume

29. ISRAEL
Some businesses open May 3: Schools aim
to reopen

30. SAUDI ARABIA
Curfews eased across kingdom, excluding Mecca

31. IRAN
Apr: Shops, bazaars and parks reopen

32. INDIA 35 Small shops open with fewer staff, wearing masks and gloves
May 3: Lockdown ends, large shops reopen

33. SINGAPORE
Jun 1: Revised date to lift lockdown. Wearing of masks outside home mandatory

34. AUSTRALIA
Apr 28: NSW reopens beaches. WA allows gatherings of up to 10 people. Queensland reopens parks, allows picnics, shopping and drives of 50km from home

35. NEW ZEALAND
Apr 29: Primary schools open but attendance is voluntary. Delivery restaurants reopen

 
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Face masks will become common attire in many countries

All data subject to change


Sources: Sky News, Reuters, CNN, Guardian *Personal Protective Equipment 
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