On Tuesday 29 March, the Government set out the next steps for living with COVID-19 in England effective from Friday 1 April.
The main messages from this guidance are:
- Free Covid tests will no longer be available (except for specific groups, including eligible patients and NHS staff)
- Adults with the symptoms of a respiratory infection, and who have a high temperature or feel unwell, should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people until they feel well enough to resume normal activities and they no longer have a high temperature.
- Children who are unwell and have a high temperature should stay at home and avoid contact with other people. They can go back to school, when they no longer have a high temperature, and they are well enough to attend.
- Adults with a positive COVID-19 test result should try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for 5 days, which is when they are most infectious. For children and young people aged 18 and under, the advice will be 3 days.