(18 Apr 2020, 9:11 pm)col87 wrote I think the plan is for schools to be before the summer holidays possibly be about May as we should hopefully be over the worst of covid 19 by then which allows some normality back.  Although it not looking likely at the minute.  Think this summer might be a write off.

The main issue with COVID (other than the death part) is the 2-3 week delay before symptoms start showing and start getting admitted to hospital. If symptoms started showing immediately (or at least within a day or two) it would be a heck of a lot easier to get it under control as we could get people into isolation sooner, reducing the spread.

So, in theory, COVID could have completely died off now, and we wouldn't know (primarily because of the lack of testing, but also the delay)

While I do think it's possible that the schools could re-open before summer, if it was my choice, I wouldn't.
Like I said, after the current 3 week extension, and then the inevitable extension after that, there's only going to be a few weeks of term time left, so by the time the kids start to get back into their routine for school, the summer holidays have begun!