COVID-19

For the latest information, please view the GOV.UK website, NHS website or the Plymouth Newsroom.

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• Food and shopping
• Community Pack
• Mental health
• Find out what support you can get if you're affected by coronavirus
• Suggestions for things to do at home during the lockdown
• Information for carers
• Urgent appeal for community equipment
• Plymouth Neighbourhood Care Networks
• Support for Plymouth Care Homes plan
• Wearing a face covering whilst using public transport
• Plymouth COVID-19 Outbreak Management Plan

Protect yourself and others from coronavirus

• Stay at home if you think you have coronavirus (self-isolating)
• Stay alert: what you can and cannot do
• How to protect clinically extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
• Guidance for unpaid carers

Get tested

• Essential workers: get a test to check if you have coronavirus
• Get a test to check if you have coronavirus
• Get coronavirus tests for a care home
• Book a test if you have a verification code

Guidance on testing

• NHS test and trace: how it works
• NHS test and trace: workplace guidance
• Guidance on testing for essential workers and care homes

Local lockdown

• Local lockdowns: guidance for social distancing
• Local lockdowns: guidance for education and childcare settings
• Closing certain businesses and venues in Leicester
• Travel in and out of areas under local lockdown

Work and financial support

• Getting financial help and staying safe at work

Working safely

• Reopen your business safely during coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Find out how to make your workplace COVID-secure
• Check if you should go back into work

Businesses and self-employed people

• Getting financial help and keeping your business safe

School openings, education and childcare

• Guidance for teachers, school leaders, carers, parents and students

International travel and immigration

• Guidance for British citizens travelling abroad
• Travel to the UK: countries with a quarantine exemption
• Countries exempt from advice against non-essential international travel
• What you need to do if you're travelling to the UK
• Foreign travel advice for each country
• Safer air travel guidance for passengers
• Get support if you're waiting to return to the UK
• Guidance for visa applicants in the UK and abroad

Driving and transport in the UK

• Safer travel guidance for passengers
• Safer transport guidance for operators
• Renewals of lorry and bus driving licences for people over 45

Healthcare workers, carers and care settings

Testing

• Essential workers: book your test
• Care home workers: book your test
• How to take a swab test and where to send samples

Guidance for managers

• Adult social care
• NHS guidance for managers working in healthcare

Managing patients with coronavirus (COVID-19)

• How to protect extremely vulnerable people (shielding)
• Using PPE (personal protective equipment)
• If you think a patient has coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Managing coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths

Support for healthcare workers and volunteers

• Parking passes

Health and wellbeing

• Contact a GP and order repeat prescriptions online
• Guidance on pregnancy and coronavirus
• Mental health and wellbeing
• How to get food and other essential items
• Support for victims of domestic violence

Housing and accommodation

• Renting: guidance for landlords, tenants and local authorities
• Moving homes during the coronavirus outbreak
• Planning inspections

Volunteering and offering help

• How to volunteer
• Donate blood plasma if you have tested positive for coronavirus
• How to help others safely
• Guidance for unpaid carers
• Help to increase coronavirus testing capacity
• Help tackle false information spreading online

When someone dies

• What to do when someone dies: step-by-step
• Attending or arranging a funeral
• Check if you can get Bereavement Support Payment
• Check if you can get help with funeral costs

Other

• Find help if you're struggling because of coronavirus
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Every Mind Matters
• Social care guidance
• Videos with advice for people in different languages
• How to access NHS services online

Archived articles

• Get a job in health and social care
• NHS call for volunteer army
• Good Neighbours Scheme

• Direct payments
• Money, benefits and payments
• Scams and tips to avoid being scammed

• Safeguarding Children and Young People during COVID-19
• Adult Safeguarding during COVID-19
• Safeguarding for volunteers
• How to stay safe when accepting help from others
• Safeguarding for victims and survivors of domestic abuse
• Modern slavery: What to look out for and how to get help

• Children with special needs and disabilities (SEND)
• Coronavirus booklet for children
• Easy Read information with Photosymbols
• A message to Plymouth's young people
• Guidance for parents and carers on supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing
• Guidance for people supporting individuals with a learning disability
• Schools' COVID-19 Bulletin
• September guidance for schools

• COVID-19 Professional Portal

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