Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for Patients

Updated 11th July 2020

Thank you to everyone in our community for working together and protecting each other through maintaining physical distancing, good hand hygiene and staying at home as much as possible.  It has been hard but your commitment to this is appreciated.  Through our collective efforts we have reduced but not eliminated the coronavirus. We need to continue to  work together to stay safe in Frome as the lockdown is eased.

The government has updated it's advice about coronavirus, as follows: 

There are three simple actions we must all do to keep on protecting each other:

• WASH HANDS – keep washing your hands regularly
• COVER FACE – wear a face covering in enclosed spaces
• MAKE SPACE – stay at least 2 metres apart, or 1 metre with a face covering or other precautions

If you have coronavirus symptoms get a test now and do not leave home for at least 10 days after your test. Symptoms are:

• 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 for 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)
• a loss of, 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 normal

CLICK HERE FOR CORONAVIRUS FAQ ON WHAT WE CAN NOW DO 

NHS CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION

INFORMATION ON CORONAVIRUS IN DIFFERENT FORMATS

ADVICE ON SELF ISOLATING FOR HOUSEHOLDS WITH POSSIBLE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION

NHS 111 ONLINE CORONAVIRUS SERVICE

If you have symptoms of coronavirus, stay at home. Do not visit a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital. 

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