Yesterday (Monday 12th October) in Parliament, PM Boris Johnson announced a new 3 tier approach to tackling coronavirus.
The exact detail, as yet, is not clear and fuller regulations are likely to be laid later this week.
Once the situation is clear Oldham Council’s web site will be updated with the new rules, regulations and guidance.
https://www.oldham.gov.uk/coronavirus
We do know that the Liverpool City Region will be on the “very high” Covid alert level from Wednesday and pubs, bars and betting shops will close on Merseyside.
Greater Manchester is being placed in Tier 2 with household restrictions on meeting indoors in any setting, but not outdoors, with pubs remaining open for table service only.
Oldham will be removed from its enhanced lockdown measures and brought into line with GM – this means small changes in areas such as funeral numbers, transport, outside mixing.
Hopefully this will simplify the situation and make it clearer to follow and also enforce.
Even more important let’s hope it will combat the continuing spike in the virus and the increasing hospital admissions.