COVID-19 vaccine

Find out more about the COVID-19 vaccine and when you should expect to be vaccinated or have a booster.

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  • How to book your vaccination (including booster doses) – available for eligible groups
  • Vaccinations for children aged 5 to 15
  • Information for children and young people who are eligible to be vaccinated
  • Find your nearest walk-in vaccination sites
  • Fertility, pregnancy and breastfeeding guidance

Access to testing

Read the latest guidance on COVID-19 testing

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  • Free access to all types of COVID-19 testing, for most people, ended on 1 April. Read the latest NHS guidance about the changes to testing.
  • Find out if you’re eligible to order free lateral flow tests.

Schools and education

The latest guidance for attending school and education settings

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  Advice for parents and carers during COVID-19

  • Information for parents and carers about attending schools, nurseries and colleges during COVID-19
  • Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during COVID-19
  • Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme
  • Free school meals holiday voucher scheme

  Guidance on managing COVID-19 in different settings

  • Contingency framework for managing local outbreaks of COVID-19 in education and childcare settings
  • Guidance on running and managing early years, schools, colleges and other education providers during COVID-19

Care homes and social care

Guidance for care homes and those visiting

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  Guidance for people visiting care homes

  • Guidance on care home visiting
  • Guidance on visits out of care homes

  Guidance for care home

  • Guidance for care homes in Devon

Travel and COVID-19 passes

Guidance for care homes and those visiting

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  • Check what you need to do for your journey if you’re travelling abroad
  • Find out how to use the NHS COVID Pass to show your vaccination status

Further information and updates

• NHS patients, staff and visitors must continue to wear face coverings
• Do I have COVID-19 or a cold? How to tell the difference
• Recovering from COVID-19