The police and Slough Borough Council are working together to ensure that Covid lockdown rules are obeyed - as infections remains high at slightly over one in every 100 people in the borough.

Superintendent Gavin Wong, who is Local Policing Area Commander for Slough, said: “It is clear that the Coronavirus infection rate remains high.

“My officers in Slough continue to work hard to protect the public and we will be carrying out increased patrols.

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“We will continue to engage, encourage and explain the regulations as we need everyone in our communities to think of others by not gathering; only leaving your home when absolutely necessary and following the restrictions in place to help save lives.

“We have been battling this pandemic for coming up to a year, and people should realise what is required of them and what they need to do to protect others.

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“In light of this, if we see people blatantly ignoring the Coronavirus rules then they should expect to receive a fine, and if they continually seek to ignore the restrictions they can expect to face further fines or even arrest."

Slough Borough Council Chief Executive, Josie Wragg, added: “We continue to work closely with Slough Police and our health partners to do everything we can to protect Slough residents from the spread of this virus and I would urge everyone to play their part, to do their bit to protect themselves, their families and the community.

“We have stepped up our enforcement programme where businesses are failing to abide by the regulations and we will continue to do so until this crisis is over.

“With the opportunity for free rapid testing across the borough and the roll out of the vaccination programme being so strong in Slough, there is hope for the future. This is the final push and though the sacrifices we are all making are hard, only together can we protect our town and its residents.”