All Wetherspoons will remain open even as Brits are advised not to go to pubs amid the coronavirus pandemic. The popular chain has announced it won't be closing its doors, but it's introducing a draconian set of new hygiene rules.
Customers will now have to pay by card, avoid standing at the bar and sit at alternate tables, the company announced on Wednesday.
Chairman Tim Martin says the government would be making a tactical error if it implemented a "de facto lockdown" of pubs because of the virus.
While Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged Brits to avoid pubs, clubs, theatres and restaurants, the government has not yet closed such premises down. England: 1,950 Scotland: 195 Wales: 136 Martin has praised the government's previous plan of
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