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Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Keep distance, wear face covering, wash hands, fresh air
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Current restrictions

Information on the current restrictions in place in Northern Ireland.
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COVID-19 vaccine

Information on getting a COVID-19 vaccination in Northern Ireland.
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Contact tracing

Contact tracing lets people know if they have been in close contact with someone with the virus.
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Book a test

Find out when you should book a COVID-19 test, what type of test to take and how to get it.
Travel advice

Travel advice

If you need to travel, keep up-to-date with the latest rules for Northern Ireland.
How to stay safe

Staying safe

How to stay safe when shopping or using public transport, at work or at a place of worship.

Guidance and support

Health advice

  • Coronavirus (COVID-19): overview and advice
  • Self-isolating and close contacts
  • Get a COVID-19 vaccine in Northern Ireland
  • Vaccine safety
  • Information on health services
  • Taking care of your mental health and wellbeing
  • Vulnerable people
  • Coronavirus: fact checker
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine research registry

Regulations and restrictions

  • Regulations and guidance: what they mean for you
  • The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Staying safe

  • Face coverings
  • Hand washing and hand hygiene
  • Keeping your household safe from COVID-19
  • Places of worship
  • Staying safe at work
  • Staying safe outside your home
  • Staying safe when helping others
  • Staying safe while shopping
  • Weddings and civil partnerships
  • Safer travel guidance for public transport users, walkers, cyclists, drivers

  • Risk assessments for gatherings and events guidance

  • Voluntary and community activities

Testing and contract tracing

  • Contact tracing
  • Testing
  • Get the StopCOVID NI contact tracing App
  • StopCOVID NI proximity App: additional information

Travel advice and guidance

  • Travel advice
  • Travelling from a red list country
  • Travelling from a non-red list country
  • Travel within the Common Travel Area
  • International travel - sector exemptions

  • Testing for jobs with travel exemptions

  • Exemptions from managed isolation for compassionate and medical reasons
  • Passenger locator form
  • COVID certificate for NI residents

General advice (education, consumers, motoring)

  • Consumer advice
  • Schools, colleges and universities
  • Advice for students in higher education
  • Guidance for apprentices
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) and motoring

Financial help and practical support

  • High Street scheme - 'Spend Local' pre-paid card
  • Advice for workers
  • Attending a face-to-face health assessment safely during Covid-19
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) and benefits
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) and rates
  • Advice if you're struggling to pay your energy bills
  • Coronavirus updates: support for your business

Information videos, leaflets and posters

  • Information videos
  • Information videos - British Sign Language
  • Information videos - Irish Sign Language
  • Information leaflets and documents
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For queries or advice about claiming compensation due to a road problem, contact DFI Roads claim unit.

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If you can’t find the information you’re looking for in the Coronavirus (COVID-19) section, then for queries about:

  • Restrictions or regulations — contact the Department of Health
  • Travel advice (including self-isolation) — contact the Department of Health
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccinations — contact the Department of Health or Public Health Agency

If your query is about another topic, select ‘Other’ from the drop-down menu above.

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For queries about your identity check, email nida@nidirect.gov.uk and for queries about your certificate, email covidcertni@hscni.net.

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For queries or advice about criminal record checks, email ani@accessni.gov.uk

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For queries about the High Street Spend Local Scheme,  email HSSS.mail@economy-ni.gov.uk.

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For queries about:

  • Car tax, vehicle registration and SORN
    contact the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Swansea
     
  • Driver licensing and tests, MOT and vehicle testing
    contact the Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA), Northern Ireland

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