Coronavirus (COVID‑19)

Stay alert

We can all help control the virus if we all stay alert. This means you must:

• stay at home as much as possible
• work from home if you can
• limit contact with other people
• keep your distance if you go out (2 metres apart where possible)
• wash your hands regularly

Do not leave home if you or anyone in your household has symptoms.

Read more about what you can and cannot do

Do not leave home if you or someone you live with has any of the following:

• a high temperature
• a new, continuous cough
• a loss of, or change to, your sense of smell or taste

Check the NHS website if you have symptoms

Find help if you’re struggling because of coronavirus

For example, with paying bills, being out of work, or taking care of your mental health.

Find help

Guidance and support

Protect yourself and others from coronavirus

• Stay at home if you think you have coronavirus (self-isolating)
• Stay alert and safe: social distancing guidance for everyone
• Stay alert: what you can and cannot do
• How to stay safe outside your home
• Our plan to rebuild: the UK Government's COVID-19 recovery strategy
• How to protect clinically extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
• Guidance for unpaid carers

Testing for coronavirus

• Guidance on testing for essential workers and care homes
• Apply for a test if you have coronavirus symptoms
• Apply for a test if you are an essential worker
• Apply for tests for a care home
• Book a test if you have a verification code

Health and wellbeing

• Contact a GP and order repeat prescriptions online
• Guidance on pregnancy and coronavirus
• Mental health and wellbeing
• How to get food and other essential items
• Support for victims of domestic violence

Employment, financial support and money

• Unable to work – what to do if you or someone you live with is ill
• On furlough – what happens if your employer has no work for you
• Unemployed – what to do if you’ve lost your job
• Self-employed – what to do if you’re getting less or no work
• Already getting benefits – how they’re affected
• Improve your digital and numeracy skills with free online courses

Working safely

• Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure

Businesses and self-employed people

• Getting financial help and keeping your business safe

  Get coronavirus (COVID-19) support for your business or if you’re self-employed, and find out how to keep your business and your employees safe.

School openings, education and childcare

• Guidance for teachers, school leaders, carers, parents and students

  Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for parents, schools, colleges and universities: closures, exams, learning, health and wellbeing.

Housing and accommodation

• Renting: guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities
• Moving homes during the coronavirus outbreak
• Planning inspections

Driving and transport in the UK

• Safer travel guidance for passengers
• Safer transport guidance for operators
• Car, motorcycle and van MOTs extended by 6 months
• Driving tests and MOTs for heavy vehicles suspended
• Relaxation of drivers’ hours rules
• Vehicle approval tests suspended
• Avoid travel to second homes, campsites and caravan parks

International travel and immigration

• Guidance for British citizens travelling abroad
• Foreign travel advice for each country
• Get support if you’re waiting to return to the UK
• Essential international travel guidance
• Guidance for visa applicants in the UK and abroad

Volunteering and offering help

• How to volunteer
• Offer the help of your business
• How to help others safely
• Guidance for unpaid carers
• Help to increase coronavirus testing capacity
• Help tackle false information spreading online

Healthcare workers, carers and care settings

• NHS guidance for people working in healthcare
• Guidance on using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
• Guidance for people working in social care
• How to protect extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
• Guidance for unpaid carers
• Parking passes for healthcare workers and volunteers

Testing

• Apply for tests for a care home
• Testing for frontline workers

Support if someone dies

• What to do when someone dies: step-by-step
• Attending or arranging a funeral
• Check if you can get Bereavement Support Payment
• Check if you can get help with funeral costs

Additional guidance for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Announcements

• Everyone in the UK with symptoms now eligible for coronavirus tests

  Published 18 May 2020

• Chancellor extends furlough scheme until October

  Published 12 May 2020

• Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy

  Published 11 May 2020

See all announcements

Press conferences and speeches

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Broadcast 20 May 2020

• Read all press conference statements
• Watch all press conferences on YouTube
• Ask a question at the next press conference
• See answers to the most common topics asked about by the public

Statistics

• Track coronavirus cases in the UK
• Latest number of coronavirus cases in the UK
• Data and analysis on coronavirus from the Office of National Statistics

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