The majority of Oxford Mail readers who voted in our recent Twitter poll think lockdown will end in April.

Out of the 1,090 people who voted, 32 per cent of voters thought that the current lockdown restrictions would end in April.

24 per cent of voters thought that it would end in May, while 28 per cent believed the restrictions would end in June.

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16 per cent of voters thought that lockdown restrictions would end in March.

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Boris Johnson said he will set out his plan for the route out of lockdown in the week of February 22, however, there are some hints of what is to come.

Last week Professor Chris Whitty said last week that we are past the peak of the virus, with cases and deaths now falling.

These rates, however, are still much higher than when the first lockdown was lifted last summer.

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Therefore, the Prime Minister has warned it is still ‘early days’ to make any concrete decisions about when restrictions will be lifted.

MPs will debate the national ‘education route map’ and discuss the reopening of schools and colleges on February 25.

Mr Johnson said that March 8 would be the most ‘prudent’ date for schools to reopen, but this depends on the case rate and the vaccination programme continues at the same rate.

Current lockdown legislation ends on March 31, meaning that if it were to continue, this would have to be approved by MPs once again.

By May, the Prime Minister has said that all over-50s should have been offered their first coronavirus jab.

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