Newspaper headlines: Coronavirus vaccine race and post-lockdown workplace rules

Metro front page, 4/5/20
Image caption Boris Johnson will urge world leaders to work together to find a coronavirus vaccine, when joining a bid to raise £6.6bn at an "international pledging conference", according to the Metro. The UK is one of nine countries and organisations hosting the online conference for some 30 potential donors, it says.
Daily Express front page, 4/5/20
Image caption Canada, France and Germany are also involved in the bid to generate funds, says the Daily Express. It quotes from a preview of the prime minister's speech, which says: "It is humanity against the virus - we are in this together and together we will prevail."
Daily Telegraph front page, 4/5/20
Image caption The Daily Telegraph offers an alternative excerpt from Mr Johnson's speech, saying he will describe the race to develop a vaccine as "the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes". He will urge countries not to see it as a competition, the paper says, by insisting: "We must work together to build an impregnable shield around all our people."
The Times front page, 4/5/20 Image copyright msmith3
Image caption As Mr Johnson switches focus to vaccine development, the Times says he is delaying a plan to ease the lockdown. He will not set out a "comprehensive plan" for reopening workplaces and schools until Sunday, the paper says, "giving himself more time to examine crucial data from a new study of how the virus is spreading".
The i front page, 4/5/20
Image caption There are plenty of hints at what post-lockdown life might look like. Draft guidelines on getting employees back to work have been sent to unions and employers, according to the i. They include staggered working hours and possible one-way systems in stations, although some offices could remain closed for months, the paper says.
Financial Times front page, 4/5/20
Image caption Hot desking will be curtailed, staff canteens will stay closed and lifts will be kept half-empty in workplaces, according to the Financial Times. Companies will be expected to keep employees 2m (6ft) apart - including during breaks - by indicating spacing using floor tape. Staff will be told to avoid face-to-face meetings or sharing pens, it adds.
Guardian front page, 4/5/20
Image caption The Guardian says ministers are in talks with tech companies over the possibility of creating "health passports", proving which workers have had coronavirus, as a potential way of ensuring some employees can get back to work. However, the paper says evidence is still emerging on how immunity develops in people who have contracted the virus.
The Sun front page, 4/5/20
Image caption The Sun has more details from the interview with the prime minister published in its Sunday sister title. "Boris Johnson has told how the fear of never seeing his new son gave him the strength to beat coronavirus," the paper says.
Daily Mail front page, 4/5/20
Image caption The Daily Mail says its new charity has provided protective kit to VE Day veterans and their carers to allow them to gather in groups to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the announcement of victory in Europe during World War Two.
Daily Mirror front page, 4/5/20
Image caption Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror says healthy over-70s may "stage a rebellion" against lockdown rules. Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann "fears a 'social revolt' if older people are made to feel their lives 'don't count' - as top doctors question the wisdom of secluding them," the paper says.
Daily Star front page, 4/5/20
Image caption And the Daily Star suggests people could be encouraged to perform an NHS tribute-style mass clap across the UK to rid the nation of nuisance seagulls.

As Boris Johnson prepares to deliver his message that there must be global co-operation on finding a vaccine for coronavirus, the Daily Telegraph has a message for him.

It argues the government has been so unequivocal in its instruction to people to stay at home, it must now find a way to lead what has become a "fearful public" out of lockdown.

It suggests the PM has promised nothing more than a menu of options for the end to lockdown and calls on him to "do more than set out a blueprint to an uncertain future".

"Year 6 first in phased return to school," is the headline as the Guardian reports that Mr Johnson will announce next Sunday that children in the final year of primary education will be the first to be allowed back into schools in England.

'Really premature'

According to the paper, the government's scientific advisory group has deemed that age group a priority because of the vital transition to secondary schools in September.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail says the government will push for "one in five children to return to class" from next week.

The first week in June would be the target for all primaries to open, with years 10 and 12 returning to secondaries shortly afterwards.

However, National Education Union chief Kevin Courtney tells the paper: "While we all want to see a return to some sort of normality, it's really premature to talk about a June return date."

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Private call centre companies, including the firm Serco, are to be contracted to run the new contact tracing system crucial to hopes of easing the lockdown, reports the Times.

It says it's learnt staff will be given a day's training and a script to work to in phone calls with people who've been in close quarters with confirmed cases.

Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth is unimpressed. "We should be looking to mobilise the expertise of local government," he tells the paper. "Nobody will think contact tracing should be in the hands of private companies seeking to make a profit."

Online, the Independent carries a warning about secondary pandemic pressures on the NHS.

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists says it's deeply concerned that rehabilitation services will be overwhelmed by a "tsunami" of recovering coronavirus patients.

The scale of the impending crisis is "absolutely enormous", according to the society's assistant director, Susan Hayward-Giles.

Jumbo queues?

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In the Telegraph, there's a plea from the chief executive of London's Heathrow Airport for air travel to be made a special case when it comes to social distancing.

John Holland-Kaye says any attempt to enforce the 2m (6ft 6in) rule in terminals would result in a queue a kilometre (0.6 miles) long to board a single jumbo jet.

He argues there simply isn't that space at most airports. Instead, he wants the government to agree "a common international standard" which might include mandatory health checks for passengers.

He says it's needed within a month to save the summer season and safeguard jobs.

'OAPs' revolt'

Former pensions minister Baroness Altmann tells the Daily Mirror that keeping people subject to lockdown restrictions because of their age is "fundamentally wrong". It could provoke a "social revolt", she suggests.

The former Monty Python star, Sir Michael Palin, 76, agrees. He tells the paper it feels "very unfair".

She says she'll stay in lockdown as long as necessary and that the rules show Britain cares about its older generation.