Oxfordshire to be in Tier 2

Councillors from across the county have announced the news on social media after the government website crashed this morning. 

From Dec 2nd all of #Oxfordshire will be in #Covid-19 Tier 2. I am pleased the whole county will be looked at as one, which was was local leaders had hoped.

— Cllr Emily Smith 🔶 (@emilysmithLD) November 26, 2020

📣 From 2nd December the government have confirmed that #Oxfordshire will be placed in Tier 2. These conditions are set out below 👇 pic.twitter.com/0SlIGXMaNU

— Cllr Liam Walker (@_Liam_Walker_) November 26, 2020

Councillor Susan Brown, Leader of Oxford City Council, said: “I want to thank everyone in Oxford for sticking to the lockdown rules and helping bring the infection rate down in the city. This has been a whole community effort and the way you all have responded - businesses, residents and students - means Oxford’s case numbers started to come down last week. This is great news, but we are not out of the woods yet and we will all need to continue to take precautions to make sure the decrease in cases in the city continues.

“We are exiting into Tier 2, which means we can enjoy a bit more normality and social life, and it will give a welcome boost to our local businesses. Please do enjoy the run up to Christmas by using local shops and hospitality safely, but remember, the rule of six only applies outside and indoors you must stay in your household or bubble. Continue to take sensible precautions and don’t break the rules.  What we each do now will make a real difference to keeping safe over the Christmas break.”

Other areas in the South East in Tier 2: 

• South East
• East Sussex
• West Sussex
• Brighton and Hove
• Surrey
• Reading
• Wokingham
• Bracknell Forest
• Windsor and Maidenhead
• West Berkshire
• Hampshire (except the Isle of Wight), Portsmouth and Southampton
• Buckinghamshire
• Oxfordshire