With coronavirus cases rising across the county we asked readers online whether they believed Oxfordshire should stay in Tier 2.

The Government is set to announce today the results of its first tiers review following the national lockdown last month.

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London and parts of Essex and Hertfordshire have already been put into Tier 3 following a rise in cases in the south of England.

People living in the rest of England will find out whether restrictions will change ahead of Christmas following Wednesday’s review.

Any changes to tiers are expected to come into force from 12.01am on Saturday.

Here is what readers on Facebook said:

Ryan Clark: Doesn’t matter which tier we’re in or if we’re on lockdown, people will still ignore it and do what they want.”

Darren Smith: “No should go to tier 1”

Pete Fane: “We should be in total lockdown to stop people moving around and spreading the virus as we no doubt will be in New Year.”

Leigh Butler: “We’ll stay in Tier 2 unfortunately but absolutely no way should we be in Tier 3.

“Our Covid rate is weigh below the National average.”

Amiros Amir: “Will be better Tier 1.”

Ray Marshall: "Tier 1."

Aimee Battson: “Yes, leave our pubs alone.”

Mark Dalton: “No. Tier 3 or lockdown. Happy Christmas.”

Paul Oswin: “Yes definitely now all the students have gone home for Christmas.”

Mike James: "Tier 3."

David Lathey: “Doesn’t matter if we are tier 1 or lock down. People think it’s all pretend and don’t listen I’m ok jack comes to mind.”

Valerie Samworth: "Yes I do."

Stuart Sharp: “Put Oxford city in Tier 3 and the rest which is doing a good job in Tier 1 as it Oxford city ie the university making the biggest problem.”

James Jimmy Philp: “The virus can only move around if people move around.

“We should have been tier 3 at the start, all locked down and it may have passed.”

Tom Woodley: “Nope move to Tier 3 because of the selfish inconsiderate a**holes that seem to think there is nothing to worry about.”

Steve Hill: “The whole system is bonkers, and not fit for purpose.

“What is happening in Oxford city bears no relationship at all to what is happening in my rural Oxfordshire village.

“If people were also not allowed to travel around freely (except for work) we could contain this thing, and apply tiers down to individual postcode level.

“Which is pretty much what the well organised Germans are doing.”

Carl Joy: “No move to Tier 1 immediately.”

Andy Morris: “Preferably Tier 1."

Hira Sapkota: "Tier 1."

John Walker: "1 now."

From the Oxford Mail website;

Ox4Eva4: "Tier 2 but remove the disastrous substantial meal requirement and give the local hospitality sector a break!"

Toxteth OGrady: "Lockdowns are the biggest transfer of wealth from small businesses to multinational corporations in world history.

"Small businesses are the backbone of this nation.

"They are being bankrupted by policies not backed by medical literature and science."

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