Guidance

COVID-19: guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection

Stay at home guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

Published 12 March 2020
Last updated 18 December 2020 — see all updates

• From: Public Health England

• Applies to: England

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Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

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Guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

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This guidance is intended for:

• households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection
• households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection

Easy read and translations are being updated.

Published 12 March 2020
Last updated 18 December 2020 + show all updates

1. 18 December 2020

   Updated 'Guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection' to reflect change in self-isolation period for contacts from 14 to 10 days.

2. 14 December 2020

   Updated Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection with changes in self-isolation.

3. 5 November 2020

   Added updated easy-read version and translations for Stay at home: guidance for households with possible or confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

4. 23 October 2020

   Updated guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together with information on how COVID-19 is spread and on financial support and the enforcement of self-isolation. All translations have been removed while awaiting update.

5. 9 October 2020

   Added information on actions to take in case of a negative test result, enforcement of self-isolation, and aerosol transmission.

6. 28 September 2020

   Updated to include new legal requirements for self-isolation.

7. 23 September 2020

   Updated to include new legal requirements for self-isolation due to come into effect on 28 September 2020.

8. 20 September 2020

   Updated guidance to include the new legal requirements for self-isolation due to come into effect on 28 September 2020.

9. 10 September 2020

   Updated link on support bubbles in guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together.

10. 3 September 2020

    Revised language in relation to self-isolation.

11. 13 August 2020

    Updated translated versions to reflect changes to core guidance.

12. 12 August 2020

    Updated translated versions to reflect changes to core guidance.

13. 4 August 2020

    Updated easy read version with changes to self-isolation period.

14. 31 July 2020

    Removed 'Stay at Home guidance for households: current guidelines illustrated' PDF, as out of date.

15. 30 July 2020

    Updated to reflect the extension of self-isolation to 10 days.

16. 30 July 2020

    Updated link to information on local restrictions.

17. 17 July 2020

    Updated information on disposal of used face coverings.

18. 17 July 2020

    Updated information on disposal of used face coverings.

19. 13 July 2020

    Added updated translations.

20. 8 July 2020

    Added local lockdowns guidance link to guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has possible or confirmed coronavirus infection.

21. 18 June 2020

    Added easy-read guide.

22. 16 June 2020

    Added guidance on support bubbles.

23. 11 June 2020

    Updated 'Guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection' to align with Test and Trace regulations.

24. 28 May 2020

    Updated 'Stay at home: guidance for households with possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection'.

25. 18 May 2020

    Updated information on symptoms.

26. 28 April 2020

    Added guidance for households with grandparents, parents and children living together where someone is at increased risk or has symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

27. 21 April 2020

    Amended text in section on 'Self-isolation' to be consistent with text about 'Household isolation'.

28. 9 April 2020

    Guidance updated.

29. 24 March 2020

    Added YouTube video.

30. 23 March 2020

    Added translated versions of guidance.

31. 20 March 2020

    Added easy-read guide.

32. 20 March 2020

    Added translated versions.

33. 18 March 2020

    Added 'Stay at home guidance for households: illustration' document.

34. 16 March 2020

    Updated guidance to include information for households with a possible coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.

35. 12 March 2020

    First published.