DAVID Oldfield says Oxford City has to keep standards as high as possible when it comes to limiting the spread of coronavirus.

Measures against the Omicron variant came into effect on Tuesday, including face coverings being compulsory in shops and on public transport.

Additionally, all contacts of suspected Omicron cases must self-isolate, regardless of their age or vaccination status.

Oldfield said the club already has ‘robust testing facilities’ but ultimately, it was down to the players and staff to behave responsibly when not in a club environment.

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He said: “I think as a club, we need to have the robust testing facilities that we do.

“The boys do test every time we get together and the club make record of that, and there has been new guidelines and instructions from the league recently over the testing.

“We all need take our own responsibility.”

Neighbours Oxford United were hit by a Covid-19 outbreak which saw their Sky Bet League One match at Wigan Athletic postponed.

Oldfield said: “It’s coming, Oxford United had their game off.

“We haven’t yet but we have our eyes wide open.

“It’s very difficult to mitigate any of those circumstances so we just try and do our best to remain as safe as possible.

“We try and take it seriously, and as a club to keep everybody as safe as possible.”

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The Omicron variant has seen action taken by the Government to reduce its spread.

Oldfield said the Hoops would have to efficiently react to new guidelines as and when they come in.

He said: “Everybody needs to keep being flexible as possible, take on board the instructions as much as we can.

“The boys get reminders about trying to be as safe as possible.

“When they come into the football club, we have to try and keep our standards as high as we can.

“We are trying hard to do that, there’s certainly not a fail-safe solution and literally anything can happen.

“I’m sure the guidelines will change whenever they do, and we need to make sure we are following those instructions and guidelines as much as we possibly can.”