Official information

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.  

• More coronavirus information on GOV.UK

• More information from GOV.UK on what you can and cannot do      

Hand washing

Continue to wash your hands more often than usual, especially when you get home or into work, blow your nose, sneeze or cough, eat or handle food.

• Cough and sneeze into a tissue to catch it.

• Throw it away to bin it.

• Wash your hands frequently to kill it.

Don’t touch your face unless you’ve washed your hands.

Further information

Coronavirus (COVID-19) - see more information for residents and businesses.