Coronavirus (COVID-19): what you need to do

Stay at home

  • Only go outside for food, health reasons or work (but only if you cannot work from home)
  • If you go out, stay 2 metres (6ft) away from other people at all times
  • Wash your hands as soon as you get home

Do not meet others, even friends or family.

You can spread the virus even if you don’t have symptoms.

Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save lives.

News and communications

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  1. Health Secretary welcomes reopening of fertility services

    New guidance will allow clinics to reopen if they can prove measures to protect staff and patients are in place.

  2. Joint Statement of UK International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and USTR Robert Lighthizer

    Today, the International Trade Secretary Liz Truss and United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced the formal launch of trade agreement negotiations between the UK and the U.S.

  3. Health and Social Care Secretary's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 4 May 2020

    Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock gave the 4 May 2020 daily press briefing on the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  4. Coronavirus (COVID-19) - update on VOA services

    The outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing unprecedented disruption to public services, businesses and individuals across the country.

  5. Manchester woman who glassed another woman has sentence increased

    Rachael Marland has had her sentence increased to 4 years imprisonment following intervention by the Solicitor General, the Rt Hon Michael Ellis QC MP.

  6. Britain’s biggest road project opens to traffic eight months early

    A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon scheme, Britain’s biggest road-building project, is opening for traffic eight months ahead of schedule.

  7. Ministers urge councils to plan for safe re-opening of recycling centres

    The government has published new guidance on how recycling centres can be safely re-opened during the coronavirus outbreak

  8. Eligibility for government childcare offers protected

    Temporary measures ensure critical workers will still be eligible for childcare offers if their income has changed due to coronavirus

  9. Marian Spain appointed new Natural England chief executive

    Marian Spain has been appointed as the new chief executive of Natural England, taking the post on a permanent basis.

  10. 260 kilos of cocaine seized by Border Force at Coquelles

    Border Force officers at Coquelles have prevented an attempt to smuggle more than 260 kilos of cocaine into the UK in a lorry.

  11. Conor Burns MP resignation letter and the Prime Minister's response

    Letter from Conor Burns MP to the Prime Minister announcing his resignation, and the Prime Minister's response.

  12. GAD project helps 1,000+ pension scheme members

    GAD has completed a project where we transferred the pension benefits of more than a thousand people back into the Civil Service pension scheme.

  13. Update: air strikes against Daesh

    The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Iraq and Syria.

  14. DASA awards £2.3m to develop novel sensor technology

    Funding boost for UK-based industry and academia to accelerate innovation

  15. Ofqual publishes initial decisions on GCSE and A level grading proposals for 2020

    Consultation decisions on who should receive a calculated grade for GCSEs, AS and A levels.

  16. Coronavirus (COVID-19): scientific evidence supporting the UK government response

    The national and global response to the spread of COVID-19 continues to develop quickly and our collective knowledge of the virus is growing by the second.

  17. Leave lockdown in lockstep

    Writing in today’s Scottish Daily Mail, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack sets out the importance of leaving lockdown as one United Kingdom

  18. UK and US start trade negotiations

    International Secretary of State Liz Truss and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to launch the first round of Free Trade Agreement negotiations today

  19. Funding boost to steer more women away from crime

    A funding pot of £2.5 million is being made available to community services across England and Wales which support women at risk of being drawn into crime.

  20. Coronavirus test, track and trace plan launched on Isle of Wight

    Isle of Wight residents will be the first to get access to a new contact tracing app as part of government action to minimise the spread of COVID-19.