Coronavirus: All the information and advice for the Channel Islands in one place

There is so much information and advice that is constantly changing related to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the Channel Islands.

So, we have created this guide to help you navigate through it a little bit easier.

Symptoms, cases, testing & vaccination

• Number of coronavirus cases in the Channel Islands

• Updates on Covid vaccinations in the Channel Islands

Jersey

• Home lateral flow test kits for all direct contacts in Jersey

• Jersey offers third Covid vaccine dose to people with severely weakened immune systems

• Proof of vaccination not required for Jersey nightclubs

• Jersey health minister reassures islanders they will not be forced to have Covid jab

Guernsey

• Guernsey launches recruitment drive for vaccinators

• Letters sent out inviting people in Guernsey to get their booster jabs

• Covid booster jabs and vaccines for 12 to 15-year-olds approved in Guernsey

• Free lateral flow tests to slow the spread of Covid in the Bailiwick of Guernsey

Lockdown, restrictions & rules

Jersey

• Jersey's government votes to extend passing of Covid laws until April 2022

• The journey to Freedom Day: A timeline of Jersey's lockdowns and restrictions

Guernsey

• UK traveller jailed in Guernsey for breaching Covid-19 rules

• Isolation time for positive Covid-19 cases reduced to 10 days in Guernsey

• Two charged after alleged Covid breach at Guernsey hotel

Health

Jersey

• Large quantities of equipment from Jersey's Nightingale hospital remain in storage

Guernsey

• Guernsey Covid-19 helpline phone number changes

• Dr Brink urges islanders to record long term effects of Covid

• Young islander warns of long-term Covid effects after seven months of symptoms

Travel & Tourism

• The latest travel guidance for Jersey and Guernsey

• More travel options for islanders as UK removes 47 countries from red list

Jersey

• Islanders urged to download app to access vaccine passport in Jersey

• Plans to relax PCR testing at Jersey's borders

• Jersey to accept negative pre-departure PCR tests from all countries

• What UK travellers should know about holidaying to Jersey

Guernsey

• PCR testing to end at Guernsey's border for arrivals from the Common Travel Area

• Shorter isolation for fully vaccinated travellers from EU into Guernsey

Businesses & Employment

Jersey

• Salary support scheme to be extended for another month in Jersey

• Calls for Jersey Government to do more to address hospitality staffing crisis

Guernsey

• Over £65 million in Covid business support paid out in Guernsey

Education

Jersey

• More than 5,000 school staff and students sign up for lateral flow test packs

Guernsey

• PCR tests to be scrapped for school children who travel outside Guernsey

• Dr Nicola Brink on contact tracing in Guernsey schools

• Blog posts

• The dark and sinister world of the anti-vax brigade

• Covid-19 and a healthy coating of Teflon

• The only way is ethics with vaccine passports

• A return to normality?

• I've just had my Covid-19 jab

• As an island community we all have a ‘duty of care’ towards each other

• Covid-19 - The Battle of the Bailiwicks

• Becoming a new mother is hard enough, let alone in lockdown

• Contrary to popular belief, I don’t have any secret insight into all this

• What chemotherapy taught me about self-isolation