Coronavirus Guidance and support
As the advice regarding coronavirus changes in response to emerging evidence, the Government has created a one-stop-shop for all advice which you can find here.
If you need medical help, please use the 111 online coronavirus service.
Local COVID Alert Levels
- Postcode checker: look up an area’s Local COVID Alert Level
- Areas with local restrictions in place
- New Local COVID Alert Levels: what you need to know
- Full list of Local COVID Alert Levels by area
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 alert and safe
- How to meet others safely (social distancing)
- How to make a support bubble with another household
- 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
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Find out about coronavirus testing
How to get tested for coronavirus (COVID-19).
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- 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
Work and financial support
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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.
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- Redundancy: your rights
- Get financial support if you’re off sick
- How to return to work safely if you cannot work from home
Businesses and self-employed people
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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
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School openings, education and childcare
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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.
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- Wearing face coverings in schools and other educational settings
- Ordering home test kits for schools and further education providers
- Safe working in education, childcare and children’s social care
- Check how holiday clubs, childminders and after-school clubs can operate
International travel and immigration
- Foreign travel advice for each country
- Entering or returning to the UK
- Guidance for travelling abroad
- Countries you can travel from without self-isolating
- Countries exempt from advice against non-essential international travel
- 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
Healthcare workers, carers and care settings
Testing
- Book a test to see if you have coronavirus now
- Care home workers: book your test
- How to take a swab test and where to send samples
Guidance for healthcare workers and carers
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
Health and wellbeing
- Contact a GP and order repeat prescriptions online
- Guidance on pregnancy and coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Mental health and wellbeing
- How to get food and other essential items
- If you need extra support outside of the home
- 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
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