Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
Page update 09:00
1st January 2022
Advice for UK Patients
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It's caused by a virus called coronavirus. More information from NHS can be found here
Stay at home if you have coronavirus symptoms
Stay at home if you have either:
- 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 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)
- 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 norma
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Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital
Use the 111 online coronavirus service to find out what to do
The 111 service can be found here
If you feel severely unwell call 999