The World Health Organisation has come up with a list of six criteria it wants countries including the UK to have in place before they lift coronavirus lockdown measures.
With the UK looking set to keep people inside for at least another three weeks as a review of the lockdown takes place tomorrow, the extension would ensure some of the measures in place, reports the Mirror.
Scientists have warned lifting restrictions too quickly could result in a deadly second deadly wave of the virus, which has killed more than 12,000 people in the UK and infected 2 million people globally.
The WHO wants communities to be made fully aware of the "new norm" and also wants the NHS to be able to treat every case and trace every contact, which is something it