The special Covid-19 Cabinet sub-committee will meet later today as the updating of the Government's plan on Living with Covid continues ahead of its publication this week.
It is expected that a recommendation will be agreed later around the phased reopening of schools, which will then go to Cabinet for a final decision tomorrow.
Caution is a key word from Government ahead of the publication of its strategy to deal with this phase of the pandemic. It is a plan that is likely to set out the stages at which things will happen, but due to the volatility of the virus it will not contain many exact dates. What we think we know about revised Living with Covid plan However, one date that is coming into view is 1 March when it is anticipated that