Coronavirus: Information for constituents & businesses

Hands, Face, Space

National lockdown: stay at home

5 January

National lockdown rules apply in England. Stay at home.

You must stay at home. This is the single most important action we can all take to protect the NHS and save lives.

You must not leave your home unless necessary.

Stay 2 metres apart from anyone not in your household or bubble.

Find out what you can and cannot do

Contents

  1. Summary: what you can and cannot do during the national lockdown
  2. Detailed guidance on the national lockdown
  3. Hands. Face. Space.
  4. When you can leave home
  5. Exercising and meeting other people
  6. Support and childcare bubbles
  7. Where and when you can meet in larger groups
  8. If you break the rules
  9. Protecting people more at risk from coronavirus
  10. Travel
  11. Going to work
  12. Going to school, college and university
  13. Universities
  14. Childcare
  15. Care home visits
  16. Weddings, civil partnerships, religious services and funerals
  17. Places of worship
  18. Sports and physical activity
  19. Moving home
  20. Financial support
  21. Businesses and venues
  22. Businesses and venues which can remain open