Coronavirus (COVID‑19)

Help control the virus

To protect yourself and others, when you leave home you must:

• wash hands - keep washing your hands regularly
• cover face - wear a face covering over your nose and mouth in enclosed spaces
• make space - stay at least a metre away from people not in your household

If you are feeling unwell, get a test and do not leave home for at least 10 days.

Read more about what you can and cannot do

If you have coronavirus symptoms:

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

Get a test now. Do not leave home for at least 10 days

Find out what support you can get

For example, if you’re out of work, need to get food, or want to take care of your mental health.

Find support

Guidance and support

Protect yourself and others from coronavirus

• Self-isolating: stay at home if you think you have coronavirus
• Stay alert: what you can and cannot do
• Staying safe outside your home
• Face coverings: when to wear one and how to make your own
• Shielding: protecting yourself if you're clinically extremely vulnerable
• Unpaid carers: supporting friends and family

Testing for coronavirus

• Find out about coronavirus testing

Popular content

• Get a test to check if you have coronavirus
• Book a test if you have a verification code
• NHS test and trace: how it works
• NHS test and trace: workplace guidance

Local restrictions

• Areas with local restrictions
• Government approach to managing local outbreaks

Work and financial support

• Getting financial help and staying safe at work

  Get coronavirus (COVID-19) support if you’re working less or not working - and find out how to stay safe at work.

Popular content

• Redundancy: your rights
• Get financial support if you’re off sick
• Check if you should go back to work

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

Popular content

• Reopen your business safely
• Make your workplace COVID-secure
• Financial support for businesses and self-employed people

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.

Popular content

• Safe working in education, childcare and children’s social care
• Check how holiday clubs, childminders and after-school clubs can operate
• Running an early years setting during coronavirus

International travel and immigration

• Guidance for British citizens travelling abroad
• Travel to the UK: countries with a quarantine exemption
• Countries exempt from advice against non-essential international travel
• What you need to do if you’re travelling to the UK
• Foreign travel advice for each country
• Safer air travel guidance for passengers
• Get support if you’re waiting to return to the UK
• Guidance for visa applicants in the UK and abroad

Driving and transport in the UK

• Safer travel guidance if you're walking, cycling or a passenger
• Safer transport guidance for operators
• Renewals of lorry and bus driving licences for people over 45
• Find out when driving tests are restarting

Healthcare workers, carers and care settings

Testing

• Essential workers: book your test
• Care home workers: book your test
• How to take a swab test and where to send samples

Guidance for managers

• Adult social care
• NHS guidance for managers working in healthcare

Managing patients with coronavirus (COVID-19)

• How to protect extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
• Using PPE (personal protective equipment)
• COVID-19: guidance for health professionals
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths

Support for healthcare workers and volunteers

• Parking passes

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

Housing and accommodation

• Renting: guidance for tenants, landlords and local authorities
• Moving homes: guidance for tenants, businesses and social landlords
• Stamp Duty Land Tax: rates reduced

Volunteering and offering help

• How to volunteer
• Join a vaccine research study
• Join a genetic study if you tested positive for coronavirus
• Donate blood plasma if you have tested positive for coronavirus
• How to help others safely
• Guidance for unpaid carers
• Help to increase coronavirus testing capacity
• Help tackle false information spreading online

When 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

Guidance for professionals

• Guidance for professionals working with the deceased

See specific guidance for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Announcements

• North West of England: local restrictions – what you can and cannot do

  Published 31 July 2020

• Self-isolating period changes from 7 to 10 days

  Published 30 July 2020

• Face coverings to be mandatory in shops and supermarkets from 24 July

  Published 14 July 2020

See all announcements

Press conferences and speeches

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Broadcast 31 July 2020

• Read all press conference statements
• Watch all press conferences on YouTube

Statistics

• UK data and analysis on coronavirus
• Data on testing in the UK
• Statistics on coronavirus funding for business

All coronavirus information on GOV.UK

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