the council has imposed tougher restrictions to try and prevent a local lockdown. In the last seven days, the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Oldham has increased 'dramatically'.And after just a few weeks of family visits and 'social bubbles' - that's been taken away from the local residents again.Vulnerable and elderly people who have been shielding are now being asked to continue to do so for another two weeks - from Friday (July 31).People are also being told they cannot have 'social visitors' to their home and must keep two metres apart from friends and family when seeing them outside.Ed and Ann Jones, from Lees, said that people in the borough should have 'followed the rules to begin with'."People haven't been doing it",.
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