The current guidance from the 17 May is to continue to work from home where you can and when travelling within the UK, you should aim to do so safely and plan your journey in advance.

After some confusion last week, there is also revised government guidance if you live in an area where the new COVID-19 variant is spreading. The government advises that you should try to:

  • meet outside rather than inside where possible
  • keep 2 metres apart from people that you don’t live with (unless you have formed a support bubble with them), this includes friends and family you don’t live with
  • minimise travel in and out of affected areas

The current restrictions that remain in place can be seen here: (COVID-19) Coronavirus restrictions: what you can and cannot do – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This month we await news whether from 21 June all legal limits on social contact will be removed, although the government has warned that outbreaks of the Indian variant could disrupt further easing, and “make it more difficult to move to step four in June”.