Coronavirus in Scotland

View:

• COVID-19 daily data for Scotland, including confirmed cases and deaths
• trends in daily COVID-19 data
• the number of cases in local areas on the Public Health Scotland coronavirus data dashbard

• reports modelling the spread and level of COVID-19

Find out:

• what you should do to stay safe and protect others
• what support is available if you are at higher risk from COVID-19

Face coverings

By law you should still wear a face covering in most indoor public places. 

• read the guidance on face coverings including where you need to wear one, and who is exempt from doing so

The vaccine is your best protection against COVID-19.

Go to the NHS Inform website to find out more about the vaccine.

Coronavirus vaccination certificates

​​​​​​From 1 October, coronavirus vaccination certificates will be needed to enter events such as nightclubs, music festivals and some football grounds.

• get a copy of your vaccine status certificate from the NHS Inform website
• read more about coronavirus vaccination certificates

If you think you have COVID-19 symptoms you should self-isolate immediately and take a PCR test.

If you do not have symptoms, you can order rapid lateral flow tests for regular testing at home.

Follow the guidance on getting tested and self-isolating.

If you are travelling to Scotland from abroad (international travel)

Find out the rules on travelling to Scotland, and check if a country is on the red, amber or green list.

If you are travelling to Scotland from other parts of the UK

Travel is allowed between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

If you are travelling to a Scottish island

​​​​If you are travelling to a Scottish island you are advised to take a covid test before doing so.

Guidance is available to help reduce the risk in:

• schools
• early learning and childcare settings
• school aged childcare settings
• childminder settings
• colleges and universities

Information for parents and carers is on the Parent Club website.

Information for students is on the Student Information Scotland website

All businesses and workplaces should follow the safer businesses and workplaces guidance. This replaces most of the previous sector-specific guidance.

To help keep your workplace, staff and customers safe, see also guidance on:

• how to improve ventilation in your workplace
• what you can do as an employer to prepare for a gradual return to offices
• supporting safer capacity in your public venue or premises 

There is also guidance for specific sectors, including:

• tourism and hospitality businesses, including nightclubs
• the live events sector

You can get information on support available to your business at the Find Business Support website. 

• First Minister's updates and statements
• Strategic Framework update (June 2021 - sets out how and why our COVID-19 response strategy will change in light of new conditions and what a move beyond Level 0 will look like
• Strategic Framework update (February 2021)
• archive versions of the timetable for easing lockdown restrictions
• protective measures: indicators and data
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Strategic Framework (updated in February 2021) sets out how we plan to restore, in a phased way, greater normality to our everyday lives
• Scotland's Strategic Framework October 2020 sets out our strategic approach to suppress the virus to the lowest possible level while we strive to return to a more normal life. 
• Test, Trace, Isolate, Support sets out our plans to help disrupt community transmission of coronavirus
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland’s route map is a collection of documents setting out how Scotland will transition out of lockdown
• Coronavirus advisory groups