And so it begins. Gigs are being postponed , events are being cancelled , football matches have been suspended and offices are starting to send employees to work from home.
While the UK government has yet to make any of these measures official, people are, understandably, wary. The coronavirus outbreak - and the fear of it - is impacting just about every aspect of life in Manchester, including its nightlife, with restaurants and bars in the city reporting a dip in trade.
Simon Wood, chef-patron at Wood on First Street, has already noticed the effects, just one week after the first case of coronavirus was confirmed in Greater Manchester. "Tuesday is usually really busy for us with our Tomahawk deal but this week we saw a downturn," he told
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