Coronavirus in Scotland

View:

• COVID-19 daily data for Scotland, including confirmed cases and deaths
• trends in daily COVID-19 data
• the number of cases in local areas on the Public Health Scotland coronavirus data dashbard

• reports modelling the spread and level of COVID-19

The vaccine is your best protection against COVID-19. Find out more about the vaccine, including the booster vaccine, at the NHS Inform website.

Coronavirus vaccine certificates

Coronavirus vaccine certificates (or passports) are needed to get into certain venues and events. 

You can download the NHS Scotland Covid Status app or get a paper record of your vaccine status from NHS Inform.

Check the vaccine certification scheme guidance for businesses and event organisers and for customers.

Find out:

• what you should do to stay safe and protect others
• what support is available if you are at higher risk from COVID-19

Face coverings

By law you should still wear a face covering in most indoor public places. 

• read the guidance on face coverings including where you need to wear one, and who is exempt from doing so

If you think you have COVID-19 symptoms you should self-isolate immediately and take a PCR test.

If you do not have symptoms, you can order rapid lateral flow tests for regular testing at home.

Follow the guidance on getting tested and self-isolating.

If you are travelling to Scotland from abroad (international travel)

Find out the rules on travelling to Scotland, and check if a country is on the red list.

If you are travelling to Scotland from other parts of the UK

Travel is allowed between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.

If you are travelling to a Scottish island

​​​​If you are travelling to a Scottish island you are advised to take a covid test before doing so.

Guidance is available to help reduce the risk in:

• schools
• early learning and childcare settings
• school aged childcare settings
• childminder settings
• colleges and universities

Information for parents and carers is on the Parent Club website.

Information for students is on the Student Information Scotland website

All businesses and workplaces should follow the safer businesses and workplaces guidance. This replaces most of the previous sector-specific guidance.

There is also guidance for specific sectors, including:

• vaccine certification guidance for businesses and event organisers
• tourism and hospitality businesses, including nightclubs
• the events sector

You can get information on support available to your business at the Find Business Support website. 

First Minister updates and statements

• First Minister's updates and statements

Strategic Framework

Our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Strategic Framework set out our strategic approach to suppress the virus to the lowest possible level while we strive to return to a more normal life. 

The document has been updated since it was first published in October 2020:

• Strategic Framework update June 2021
• Strategic Framework update February 2021

Coronavirus advisory groups

• Coronavirus advisory groups

The Covid recovery strategy helps those who have been most affected by the pandemic, where the unequal impacts have worsened pre-existing inequalities. It will bolster the actions in the:

• NHS recovery plan - sets out commitments that will support recovery over the next five years, supported by the implementation of improvements and new models of care
• Education recovery plan – sets out action taken to address the impacts on children and young people, and the next steps to support learners
• Justice recovery plan - published March 2021 - leading to increased criminal court capacity, alongside mitigating measures already introduced during the pandemic. We will publish a new justice strategy reflecting the focus on recovery