Table of contents

  1. Circuit breaker
  2. Coronavirus and COVID-19
  3. Deaths and COVID-19
  4. Eat Out to Help Out
  5. Extended households
  6. Firebreak
  7. Job Retention Scheme
  8. Furlough
  9. Local lockdowns and restrictions
  10. Lockdown
  11. Long COVID
  12. New variants of the coronavirus
  13. Outbreak or pandemic?
  14. Quarantine
  15. Pre-coronavirus, pre-pandemic and pre-lockdown
  16. Self-Employment Income Support Scheme
  17. Self-isolation
  18. Shielding
  19. Social distancing
  20. Support bubble
  21. Test and trace
  22. Vaccines and vaccinations 

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Test and trace

Each country of the UK has introduced its own test and trace service to help stop the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). These are:

When referring to a specific country’s test and trace service or programme, use upper case. Use lower case for general use.

When contacted by the test and trace service, the person will be asked to self-isolate if they have been in contact with a confirmed positive case of COVID-19.

See further detail on different events and time periods in the pandemic.