- 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
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.
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
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.
Guidance and support
- NHS test and trace: how it works
- NHS test and trace: workplace guidance
- 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
- 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
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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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Coronavirus (COVID-19) information for parents, schools, colleges and universities: closures, exams, learning, health and wellbeing.
- 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
Additional guidance for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Announcements
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New public health measures for all UK arrivals
Published 22 May 2020
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Everyone in the UK with symptoms now eligible for coronavirus tests
Published 18 May 2020
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Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy
Published 11 May 2020
Press conferences and speeches
Broadcast 27 May 2020