The Sun on Sunday's interview with the prime minister yields details about his personal experience of coronavirus

Boris Johnson "welled up" as he relived an "extraordinary two weeks" that saw him nearly lose his own life before recovering in time to see the birth of his son.

Its political editor, David Wooding, writes that the PM's "brush with death" has left him a changed man.

Describing him as "Boris 2.0", he says Mr Johnson "no longer feels the need to play to the crowd" but that it remains to be seen whether the whole experience becomes a "galvanising moment" that makes him a great prime minister.

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Several papers carry the first image of the prime minister and Carrie Symonds' son, Wilfred, on their front pages.

"Yes, he has the hair," notes the Sunday Telegraph. The paper's associate editor, Camilla Tominey, praises the couple for releasing the image on Instagram.

It "dispensed with some of the stuffiness" that may have been associated with birth announcements of a bygone era, she says.

There's a keen focus on how Mr Johnson is going to set about easing the country from the current lockdown.

The Sunday Express claims to reveal the "government's blueprint" for doing just that. It says workplaces will be advised to have floor markings, restrictions on the number of people allowed in lifts, and frequent deep cleans.

Specific guidance for shops, outdoor sites, salons and factories is reportedly set to be published shortly as the government seeks a "national consensus" to get people back to work safely. But the Express says theatres, sports grounds and pubs will have to wait to get going again until the risk of a second wave of infections has diminished.

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The Mail on Sunday says ministers are preparing to lift restrictions on outdoor activities first, because of scientific advice that transmission of Covid-19 is "substantially lower" outside than it is indoors.

If the infection rate continues to fall, people will be allowed out to exercise more than once a day, drive to the countryside for walks and sit outside for picnics, albeit only with fellow members of their household and two metres away from others, the Mail says.

But it adds the move would "end the sight of police officers moving on solitary sunbathers in parks".

The Sunday Times believes the UK's future will resemble a "marathon game of whack-a-mole" - with restrictions eased very gradually and areas that subsequently become virus hotspots "hit hard".

And its editorial has a blunt message for the government: "Give us a date".

The "constraints on personal and economic freedom" have taken a considerable toll and a "great opening-up" plan is needed this week, it says.

It suggests ministers should be aiming for 18 May - the date rail operators have reportedly been told to return to 80% of normal service - to get more than half of people back working as normal.

The Sunday Telegraph says Mr Johnson is expected to address the nation on the matter next Sunday, with primary schools reopening as soon as 1 June.

Image copyright"Don't open restaurants, schools or stadiums," is the message from British people, according to the Observer.

A survey conducted for the newspaper between Wednesday and Friday last week suggests fewer than one person in five believes the criteria has been met to send pupils back to the classroom, hold sporting events in front of crowds or allow people back into restaurants.

A psychologist from King's College London, Prof Dame Til Wykes, is quoted by the paper as saying the public will feel "anxious and risk averse" once restrictions are eased because they have been used to "strict behavioural advice" for weeks.

It quotes a Whitehall source saying the government is working on how to build up public confidence that it is safe to go to work. One option being considered is for Boris Johnson to appear publicly with a scarf around his mouth, the paper adds.

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Amid all the talk of a potential easing of lockdown restrictions, the Sunday Mirror's editorial points out there will be "little respite" for healthcare staff on the frontline. Doctors and nurses have just more "blood, sweat and tears to look forward to", the paper notes.

Shopping at Harrods is set to return for "the favoured few," according to the Mail on Sunday.

Described by the department store as "remote clientelling", staff are reportedly set to come back on shift to take orders over the phone and via smartphone messaging for the shop's "most prized customers". The Mail suggests the next phase would see Harrods open up departments to customers where it was easy to practise social distancing.

"Strewth mate," is the Sun on Sunday's headline on a proposal to complete the Premier League football season in Perth, western Australia.

The paper says the option would require fewer coronavirus tests and remove the need for police to control neutral venues in England. The paper reckons it's a "ripper" of an idea.