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Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board and its safeguarding partners are continuing to ensure that children and young people are safeguarded and protected across the County during this unprecedented time. The Board will be seeking assurances that agencies are working together to protect frontline services, keep their staff safe and key services running.
If you have any concern for a child or young person then please see the ‘Concerned about a child’ page of this website.
It is important that you use official sources of information for updates and advice.
The single most important action we can all take, in fighting coronavirus, is to stay at home in order to protect the NHS and save lives.
Anyone can spread the virus.
When we reduce our day-to-day contact with other people, we will reduce the spread of the infection. That is why the government has introduced three new measures.
1. Requiring people to stay at home, except for very limited purposes.
2. Closing non-essential shops and community spaces.
3. Stopping all gatherings of more than two people in public.
Every citizen must comply with these new measures. The relevant authorities, including the police, will be given the powers to enforce them – including through fines and dispersing gatherings.
These measures are effective immediately. The Government will look again at these measures in three weeks, and relax them if the evidence shows this is possible.
Full Government advice on staying at home and away from others
COVID-19 is a new illness that can affect your lungs and airways. It’s caused by a virus called coronavirus.
We can all help to protect ourselves and our families by following good hygiene practices.
Stay at home if you have either:
Do not go to a GP surgery, pharmacy or hospital.
You do not need to contact 111 to tell them you’re staying at home.
Testing for coronavirus is not needed if you’re staying at home.
If you live with someone who is 70 or over, has a long-term condition, is pregnant or has a weakened immune system, try to find somewhere else for them to stay for 14 days.
If you have to stay at home together, try to keep away from each other as much as possible.
More information on staying at home from the UK Government
Only call 111 if you cannot get help online.
Everyone should do what they can to stop coronavirus spreading.
It is particularly important for people who:
Please also follow advice issued by Public Health England and the NHS. The current advice is to:
As with any new illness, there is a lot of inaccurate information in the public space. Please use trusted sources for your information:
For the public – The GOV.UK website has regular updates
The NHS website gives information on the virus and how to prevent it spreading
The Public Health England Twitter account provides the latest advice, facts and figures as they are announced
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