Coronavirus advice
For general information, go to: www.gov.uk/coronavirus.
- Testing for coronavirus (COVID-19): click here.
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination: click here.
- To find out how to stay safe and help prevent the spread of coronavirus, click here.
- Foreign travel during coronavirus (COVID-19): find out what you need to do here.
- For information on Long-term effects of coronavirus (long COVID), click here.
- To find out how to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spreading in your workplace, click here.
Covid-19 Vaccine:
You can book these online:
- 1st and 2nd doses for people aged 12 years old and over
- boosters for people aged 16 years old and over, plus at-risk children aged 12 to 15 years old
- additional doses and boosters for people with a severely weakened immune system aged 12 years old and over
UPDATES: (this guidance applies to ENGLAND only)
18 March 2022
The government will remove the remaining COVID-19 international travel restrictions for all passengers from 4am Friday 18 March.
- from 4am 18 March no-one entering the UK will need to take tests or complete a passenger locator form
- remaining managed hotel quarantine capacity will be fully stood down from the end of March, making the UK one of the first major economies to end all COVID-19 international travel rules
- contingency plans put in place to manage any future variants of concern (VoCs)
24 February 2022
- You will not be legally required to self-isolate if you test positive for COVID-19. Stay at home if you can and avoid contact with other people.
- You will not have to take daily tests or be legally required to self-isolate following contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19.
- The Test and Trace Support Payment Scheme will end. If you were told to self-isolate before 24 February you can still make a claim up to 6 April.
21 February 2022
The government has published its plan for living with COVID-19.
Staff and students in most education and childcare settings no longer need to test twice a week.
