Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This page has been designed to provide up-to-date information, guidance and advice with regards to Coronavirus (COVID-19).

If you need medical help, please use the 111 online coronavirus service.

Please click here for the Government's stay at home advice and here for more general information.

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Alternatively please find below the latest information from the Government.

Government Updates

Press release: Further details on exams and grades announced

Further details on arrangements for exams which have been cancelled to fight spread of coronavirus

Government response: Ibuprofen use and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

There is currently no strong evidence that ibuprofen can make coronavirus (COVID-19) worse.

News story: Crucial medicines protected for coronavirus (COVID-19) patients

More than 80 medicines used to treat patients in intensive care units have been banned from parallel export from the UK.

Press release: Online isolation notes launched - providing proof of coronavirus absence from work

People unable to work for more than seven days because of coronavirus (COVID-19) can obtain an isolation note through a new online servic

Coronavirus

Wash your hands often

Clean your hands frequently each day by washing with soap and water for 20 seconds or using hand sanitiser. This will help protect you and the people you live with. This step is one of the most effective ways of reducing the risk of passing infection to others.

Cover your coughs and sneezes

Cover your mouth and nose with disposable tissues when you cough or sneeze. If you do not have one to hand, sneeze into the crook of your elbow, not into your hand.

If you have a carer, they should use disposable tissues to wipe away any mucus or phlegm after you have sneezed or coughed. Then they should wash their hands with soap and water.

Dispose of tissues into a disposable rubbish bag and immediately wash your hands with soap and water or use a hand sanitiser.