Coronavirus in Scotland
Stay safe, protect others, save lives.
Scotland moved to Phase 3 of the route map for coming out of lockdown on the 10 July 2020. See some key dates for future changes.
You should:
- wear a face covering
- avoid crowded places
- clean hands and surfaces regularly
- stay 2m away from other people
- self-isolate and book a test if you have COVID-19 symptoms
See what you can and cannot do to help suppress the virus.
Information and support
Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Scotland
Staying safe
- staying safe and protecting others
- what you can and cannot do
- using a face covering
- guidance for customers
- guidance on public and customer toilets
- staying safe at home leaflet
- help if you are vulnerable or need additional support
- health advice, including a symptom checker and guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection, can be found on NHS Inform
Test and Protect: getting tested and self-isolating
- guide to getting tested for coronavirus
- Test and Protect: guidance for self-isolating including advice for employers
- Test and Protect health advice is on NHS Inform
Health and wellbeing
- health advice, including a symptom checker and guidance for households with possible coronavirus infection, can be found on NHS Inform
- support if you are shielding (in the highest risk group)
- guide to the help and support available including food and other essentials
- advice if you have a specific medical condition
- information for older people can be found at Age Scotland
- dementia advice and support can be found at Alzheimer Scotland
- for autism advice go to Scottish Autism
- if you have been affected by sexual violence you can get support at Rape Crisis Scotland
- for domestic abuse support go to the Safer Scotland website
- for low mood, anxiety and depression get support from NHS Inform, Breathing Space, the Scottish Association for Mental Health and Samaritans Scotland
- vitamin D: advice for all age groups
- shielding guidance for local authorities
Healthworkers, carers and social work
Care homes, carers and social work
- general advice for unpaid carers
- unpaid carers: guide to using PPE
- personal assistants: guide to using PPE
- social care providers and unpaid carers: how to access PPE
- guidance on the use of face masks in hospitals and care homes
- guidance on changes to social care assessments
- guidance for social workers on safe and ethical practice
- adult support and protection guidance
- job retention (furlough) of social care staff required to shield
- adults with incapacity guidance
- guidance on self-directed support
- guidance on the social care staff support fund
- visiting guidance for care homes
- guidance for those providing guidance support for people with sight loss or mobility or other impairments
Hospitals
Healthcare students
Clinical guidance
Further information for health and social care professionals
- the National Wellbeing Hub helps health and social care workers get advice to support their emotional wellbeing
- guide for health professionals returning to NHS Scotland
- further information and guidance for health practitioners can be found at NHS Inform and Health Protection Scotland
Housing and accommodation
Schools, education, children and young people
Re-opening guidance
- re-opening schools
- re-opening early learning and childcare services
- childminder services re-opening guidance
- fully outdoor childcare providers re-opening guidance
Safety and wellbeing
- physical distancing in education and childcare settings
- guidance for residential childcare settings
- supplementary national child protection guidance
- infant feeding service guidance for NHS staff
Support for learning
- support for continuity in learning guidance
- guidance on the Curriculum for Excellence in the recovery phase
Parents
- education and childcare provision for keyworkers and vulnerable children
- school placing requests and appeals guidance
- childcare closures and emergency provision
- general parenting advice is on the ParentClub website
Children and young people
- advice for young people is on YoungScot
Further and higher education
- guidance for universities
- guidance for colleges
- guidance for laboratories and research facilities
- COVID-19 advice for students is on the SAAS website
- advice for international students
Data
Retail, hospitality, tourism and leisure
- guidance for customers on how the retail experience in shops, tourism and hospitality businesses is changing
- guidance for the retail sector
- guidance for the tourism and hospitality sector
- guidance for alcohol and civic licensing
- guidance on safer public spaces - urban centres and green spaces
- guidance for public libraries
Businesses, work places and self-employed people
- physical distancing guidance for businesses
- support for businesses
- multi-sector guidance on collection of customer and visitor contact details
- Test and Protect: guidance for self-isolating including advice for employers
- coronavirus business support and advice is on the Find Business Support website
Sector specific guidance and support
- retail sector guidance including close contact services such as hairdressers and barbers
- culture and creative sector support
- tourism and hospitality sector guidance
- stadium sector guidance for professional rugby and football
- agriculture sector guidance is on the SASA website
- sea fisheries support
- aquaculture support
- construction sector guidance
- events sector guidance
- creative studios and shared workspaces guidance
- SME housebuilders support
- manufacturing sector guidance
- laboratories and research facilities guidance
- safer public spaces - urban centres and green spaces
- household waste recycling centre guidance
- guidance for the oil and gas industry developed by Oil and Gas UK
- waste sector guidance
Travel
- advice on how to travel safely is on the Transport Scotland website
- travelling within Scotland
- guidance for people entering or returning to the UK
- guidance for British people travelling abroad is at gov.uk
- travel advice and country specific information can be found at the Fit for Travel website
- visa and passport advice is at gov.uk
Work and financial support
- guidance on returning to work
- advice about benefits and employment rights is on Citizens Advice Scotland
- advice about employment and redundancy support is on the My World of Work website
- for money and consumer advice go to coronavirusadvice.scot
- for employment rights advice see the Acas website
- for energy saving advice go to Home Energy Scotland
Funerals, burial, cremation and places of worship
- guidance for funeral services
- guidance for places of worship on providing funeral services
- guidance for funeral directors
- guidance for burial and cremation authorities
- guidance for religious organisations, faith and cultural groups on preparing for burial or cremation
- death management statutory guidance for local authorities
- guidance for the safe use of places of worship
- Phase 3: guidance for the safe use of places of worship
Offer help
- information on how to help your community is on the Ready Scotland website
- businesses, third sector and voluntary organisations can offer to help with the response to coronavirus
- if you’re a member of the public who wants to share an idea, email cpe@gov.scot
Scottish Government approach and strategy
Our approach is guided by the Chief Medical Officer, and we continue to monitor the situation closely and to work with the WHO and international community.
We are working with the Welsh Government, Northern Ireland Executive, and the UK Government to respond to the ongoing outbreak.
- Test, Trace, Isolate, Support sets out our plans to help disrupt community transmission of coronavirus
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland’s route map is a collection of documents setting out how Scotland will transition out of lockdown.
- First Minister's updates and statements
- Coronavirus advisory groups
- findings on modelling the COVID-19 epidemic