{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2020/7",
  "legislation_title": "Coronavirus Act 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coronavirus-act-2020",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Meaning of “coronavirus” and related terminology",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2);\n“coronavirus disease” means COVID-19 (the official designation of the disease which can be caused by coronavirus).\n(2) A reference in this Act to infection or contamination, however expressed, is a reference to infection or contamination with coronavirus.\n(3) But a reference in this Act to persons infected by coronavirus, however expressed, does not (unless a contrary intention appears) include persons who have been infected but are clear of coronavirus (unless re-infected).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:02:07.434984+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}