Commuters may be told to check their temperature before leaving for work under Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown

COMMUTERS could be told to check their temperature before leaving for work under Boris Johnson's 'roadmap' out of lockdown, it was reported overnight.

The Government is said to be examining a number of possibilities for the eventual easing of coronavirus restrictions.

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Those hoping to travel on the Tube or trains might need to check they aren't running a fever beforehand, reports the Times.

This would be to ease the surge of people rushing to get back to work and more normal life after the coronavirus lockdown is lifted.

And distancing rules are also being looked at, with the aim of schools and businesses to reopen sooner, .

Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) is said to have been asked to review if people do need to stay two metres apart.

It comes as the Cabinet is prepping for an agreed exit strategy from lockdown.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised the nation he would outline the blueprints for how we will be released from the lockdown next week.

Last night, The Sun revealed Boris wants Britain to be back at work Tuesday May 26 as long as coronavirus cases are low enough.

It is thought schools could reopen sooner than expected, around June - so that if infections start to rise again, the summer holidays would come at a good point for them to close again.

As part of the opening up of schools, it is thought primaries will reopen first and then secondary schools.

It would make it easier to manage if pupils don't have to stay two metres apart, in line with the current Government guidance.

It comes as:

• Lockdown may last for months if daily cases stay above 1,000
• Interactive map shows covid-19 deaths in your area
• Brits to be asked to wear face masks after lockdown
• Ryan Air expects to cut 3,000 jobs
• Scientists expect vaccine by summer

One minister told the Telegraph: "We want to get the country back to work and we want to keep probing so we are not missing any opportunities.

"[Ministers have] asked Sage to get us further and better particulars as to how hard and fast that really is. It is important to understand how much reliance has to be placed on it.

“The response genuinely has been led by the science. It is just about understanding exactly what is required and what isn’t.

“This is not about weakening the rules but it is about trying to test if it is actually necessary to be two metres. What is the empirical evidence on this?”

It comes as the UK's coronavirus death toll has risen to at least 27,510 after 352 more deaths  in hospital were recorded in England today.

This brings the total number of deaths recorded in hospitals across England to 20,483. The PM declared yesterday we're "past the peak".

Today we revealed Mr Johnson wants Britain to be back at work from Tuesday, May 26 as long as coronavirus cases are low enough.

Ministers have pencilled in the Tuesday after the second May bank holiday to put the PM’s plan to restart the economy into action.

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In detailed plans being drawn up across government now, offices, factories and some shops will be given two weeks to install new government social distancing measures, such as screens and gaps between desks.

No10 also thinks it will need that time to persuade millions of nervous Brits it is safe to return to the workplace as long as its guidance is followed.

The new Track and Trace programme to hunt down and isolate new Covid-19 infection chains will also be up and running by then to give extra protection against the virus spreading again.