What you need to know

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

Protect yourself and others from coronavirus.

To help protect yourself and others from coronavirus, you must:

• Keep washing your hands regularly.
• Wear a face covering in enclosed spaces.
• Stay at least 2 metres apart - or 1 metre with a face covering or other precautions
• For the latest guidance, please visit the government website.

Main symptoms

The main symptoms of coronavirus are:

• a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
• a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
• a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you've noticed you cannot smell or taste anything, or things smell or taste different to normal
• Most people with coronavirus have at least 1 of these symptoms.