Coronavirus

Meeting with other people

You must not meet socially with friends and family indoors in any setting unless they are part of your household or support or childcare bubble.

You may continue to see friends and family you do not live with in groups of 6 or less in certain outdoor public spaces, such as:

• parks, beaches, countryside, forests
• public gardens (whether or not you pay to enter them), allotments
• outdoor sports courts and facilities, and playgrounds

You must not meet with people outside of your household or support bubble in a private garden or in most outdoor public venues.

• Meeting family and friends - gov.uk website

Work 

You should work from home where possible.

• Going to work - gov.uk website

Business

Businesses and venues can continue to operate, in a COVID-secure manner, other than those that remain closed in law.

• Business and venues - gov.uk website

Leisure and hospitality

Pubs and bars must close. They can only remain open where they operate as if they were a restaurant - which means serving substantial meals, like a main lunchtime or evening meal. They may only serve alcohol as part of such a meal

Businesses selling food or drink on their premises are required to close between 10pm and 5am. 

This will include takeaways but delivery, drive through and click and collect services can continue after 10pm.

• Business and venues - gov.uk website

Face coverings/masks

Members of staff and the public must now wear face coverings in enclosed public spaces.

If you do not, you could face a £200 fine.

• Face coverings/masks

Weddings, civil partnerships, religious services and funerals

You can attend places of worship for a service, however, you must not mingle with anyone outside of your household or support or childcare bubble.

Wedding and civil partnership ceremonies must only take place in COVID-secure venues or in public outdoor spaces they are restricted to a maximum of 15 people and receptions are not allowed.

Funerals must only take place in COVID-secure venues or in public outdoor spaces with a maximum of 30 people in attendance. Wakes or linked ceremonial events before or after the funeral are limited to a maximum of 15 people and must not take place in private homes.

• Weddings, civil partnerships, religious services and funerals - gov.uk website

Travel

If you need to travel we encourage you to walk or cycle where possible, or to plan ahead and avoid busy times and routes on public transport.

You are advised not to travel into or out of an area if it has been categorised as a very high alert level area, as Greater Manchester has. This is part of wider measures to help manage the risk of transmission.

You can continue to travel into or out of very high alert level areas if you need to for work, education, to access youth services or because of caring responsibilities.

• Travel - gov.uk website

Shielding residents

We are advising any residents who have recently shielded to continue taking extra care now that the shielding process has formally ended in Oldham.

• Advice for shielding residents