Coronavirus guidance
Following the Prime Minister's January 4 announcement England has entered a national lockdown but due to the historic vaccination programme there is good cause for hope:
- Almost 40 million vaccine doses have been given
- All vaccine targets have been achieved, or exceeded
- Over 129 million tests have been completed and testing capacity is over 700,000 tests per day
You can track all coronavirus reporting data here
The Prime Minister announced a roadmap out of lockdown which you can read here.:
Meeting others
Some of the rules on what you can and cannot do change on April 12. You can read the ‘COVID-19 Response - Spring 2021’ for more information on the roadmap out of lockdown in England.
The national lockdown in England from April 12
- How the rules will change on April 12
- Keeping yourself and others safe
- Meeting family and friends indoors
- Meeting friends and family outdoors (rule of 6)
- Support and childcare bubbles
- Going to work
- Going to school or college
- Universities and higher education
- Childcare
- Parent and child groups
- Providing care or assistance
- Support groups
- Exercise, sport and physical activity
- Funerals and linked commemorative events
- Weddings and civil partnership ceremonies and receptions
- Places of worship
- Volunteering and charitable services
- Other circumstances where you can gather in groups of more than six people or two households
- Care home visits
- If you break the rules
- Staying away from home overnight
- Travelling within England
- Travelling within the UK, the Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands
- International travel
- Moving home
- Financial support
- Businesses and venues
- Healthcare and public services
The latest announcement from the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, with high level detail of financial support available.
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
Follow the guidance
The best way to keep the transmission rate going down is to follow the basic guidance - take note that up to one in three people do not have symptoms when they have the virus.
Whilst 'hands-face-space' will be familiar to you it is still the best way to protect yourself, your friends and family from this highly infectious virus.
- hands – wash your hands regularly and for 20 seconds
- face – wear a in indoor settings where social distancing may be difficult, and where you will come into contact with people you do not normally meet
- space – stay 2 metres apart from people you do not live with where possible, or 1 metre with extra precautions in place (such as wearing face coverings or increasing ventilation indoors)
- Fresh air - keeping good ventilation indoors and only meeting up socially with another household outdoors
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
- Help others safely
- Being an unpaid carer
Other information
Up-to-date Government advice regarding coronavirus can be found here
