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

• Covid-19 testing centre to open at Jersey Airport

• Covid vaccines set to be rolled out in Jersey's schools and colleges

• Covid tests to be processed at Jersey hospital

• Covid booster jabs for islanders in their 40s plus second doses for teenagers

Guernsey

• Test facility opening at Guernsey's East Arm to reduce pressure

• Guernsey States will move to St James' meeting rooms to allow for better social distancing

• Guernsey's Chief Minister Peter Ferbrache tests positive for Covid

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

Lockdown, restrictions & rules

Jersey

• Islanders asked to take Covid test for Jersey's Christmas lights switch on

• Masks now strongly recommended in public places as Jersey's Covid cases rise

Guernsey

• Guernsey Christmas Fayre cancelled

• Face coverings will not be made mandatory in Guernsey

• Face coverings now compulsory at Guernsey's ports

Health

Jersey

• Covid vaccines set to be rolled out in Jersey's schools and colleges

• Covid tests to be processed at Jersey hospital

• Head of Jersey's Covid vaccine programme to join Care Commission as chief

• GPs say Jersey's handling of the Covid pandemic cost lives

Guernsey

• 'Let's take control of Covid': Full open letter from Guernsey's chief minister

• Mandatory face coverings remain 'on the table' in Guernsey

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

Travel & Tourism

• The latest travel guidance for Jersey and Guernsey

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

Jersey

• Jersey to scrap border testing for most passengers

• Digital Covid-19 passports now available for islanders in Jersey

• Jersey's digital Covid-19 certificate platform suffers security breach

Guernsey

• Changes to Guernsey's testing rules for arriving passengers

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

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Businesses & Employment

Jersey

• Lab closure to mean longer waits for pre-departure Covid-19 tests in Jersey

• Extra financial support available for Jersey businesses affected by pandemic

Guernsey

• Guernsey's economy performs much better than expected despite Covid restrictions

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

Education

Jersey

• Covid vaccines set to be rolled out in Jersey's schools and colleges

• Covid-19 vaccine: walk-in appointments for 12-17 year olds open in 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

• What you said: Mandatory face coverings remain 'on the table' in Guernsey

• 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