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. Furlough
  8. Job Retention Scheme
  9. Local lockdowns and restrictions
  10. Lockdown
  11. New virus variant
  12. Outbreak or pandemic?
  13. Quarantine
  14. Pre-coronavirus, pre-pandemic and pre-lockdown
  15. Self-isolation
  16. Shielding
  17. Social distancing
  18. Support bubble
  19. Test and trace

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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.