The results of key drug trials out next month could see the lockdown fully lifted by mid-summer, leading doctors believe.
More than 120 drugs are being investigated as a treatment for coronavirus.
These could provide a much quicker route out of the crisis than waiting for a vaccine, a paper published today claims.
The authors, from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, said if any of the drugs are even moderately effective it would transform the profile of the pandemic and the way politicians tackle the virus.