Restaurants in China ban diners from sitting next to each other and introduce a ‘one person per table’ rule to prevent the spread of coronavirus
- The new rule came after people started to leave homes and return to workplaces
- Diners are asked to come back later or order takeaways if the restaurant is ‘full’
- China has advised its citizens to keep four feet away from one another in public
- The novel coronavirus has killed 3,205 and infected over 93,500 people globally
Restaurants and canteens around China have launched a ‘one person per table’ policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after citizens started to leave their homes and go back to work.
A noodle shop is seen taping up table seats to stop the customers from sitting next to each other in Nanning, Guangxi Province of southern China. This came after the quarantined restaurant had recently re-opened.
‘It doesn’t look very nice, but I think it’s better to do this out of safety concerns,’ the noodle shop owner, Su Yali, told the press.
Restaurants around China have launched a ‘one person per table’ policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after citizens started to leave their homes and go back to work
A noodle shop is seen taping up the seats to allow only one customer per table in Nanning, Guangxi Province, China. The picture shows the seats being taped to divide the tables
The restaurant owner said diners are suggested to come back later or order the food as takeaways if the restaurant gets ‘full’.
One customer described the new rule was ‘even stricter than school tests’ while he was eating in a restaurant in Changsha, Hunan Province of southern China.
‘It feels like I’m taking my university entrance exam,’ he told Pear Video.
Diners are suggested to come back later or order the food as takeaway if the restaurant gets full, the owner of the noodle shop said. The restaurant has recently launched the new policy
The new rule came after people started to leave homes and return to workplaces. A man is pictured sitting in the noodle shop where the seats are taped up to separate the customers
Another company has also launched the policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after employees started to return to work. The picture shows the workers having their meals
Another company has also launched the policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after employees started to return to work.
A place card that reads ‘one person per table, facing the south and sitting on the right-hand side’ is displayed on each dining table.
Security guards wearing face masks are seen patrolling the company’s canteen whilst the workers eat alone in their tables.
Security guards wearing face masks are seen patrolling the company’s canteen whilst the workers eat alone in their own tables after the company launched the one person per table rule
Chinese officials have advised their citizens to keep a minimum distance of 1.5 metres (4.92 feet) away from one another in public. A guard is pictured patrolling the company’s canteen
Chinese officials have advised their citizens to keep a minimum distance of 1.5 metres (4.92 feet) away from one another in public.
The coronavirus, which is believed to originate from Wuhan late last year, has claimed 2,981 deaths and infected nearing 80,300 people in China.
Although China has recently seen a sharp fall in the number of new patients, other countries are experiencing sustained rises in cases.
Medics wearing protective clothing carry a patient to a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province
A lone commuter wears a face mask as he crosses London Bridge (left) in the capital this morning, while a student at University College London (right) also chooses to cover her mouth
Protective masks have become an increasingly common sight in the streets of London
The total number of confirmed cases globally has surpassed 94,200 today with 3,220 deaths.
Thirty-four new coronavirus cases were recorded in the UK today in the biggest daily spike recorded on British soil, taking the number of infected patients to 85.
It came after England’s chief medical officer this morning warned the coronavirus will kill Britons and added an epidemic was ‘highly likely’ as the outbreak in Britain continues to accelerate.
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