Guidance: COVID-19: guidance on shielding and protecting people defined on medical grounds as extremely vulnerable

Removed advice on Christmas.

Updated easy-read guidance. Temporarily removed translations, British Sign Language videos, audio and large print versions.

Updated to clarify rules in Tier 4 on socialising outdoors.

Added new shielding advice for the clinically extremely vulnerable in Tier 4.

Added the easy-read version.

Added British Sign Language videos, large print, audio and translated versions.

Updated guidance with information on local restrictions from 2 December. Removed easy-read and translated versions.

Added 2 December guidance.

Added updated translations in Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Nepali, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi and Urdu.

Removed reference letters and included link to COVID-19: letters to clinically extremely vulnerable people.

Added updated easy-read guidance.

Updated information on the extension of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (on furlough).

Added 2 reference letters and updated guidance on how to get a test for COVID-19.