Tough crackdown in Great Britain: The Scottish government is banning alcohol in pubs, restaurants and bars due to rising corona numbers.
And not only that.
Coronavirus pandemic in Europe
:
Covid-19 is also
rampant in
Great Britain
.
Scotland
: The government in Edinburgh is banning
the serving of
alcohol
in all
pubs and bars
due to rising
corona numbers
.
In addition, the
Scottish government has
imposed
a
curfew for the catering industry
- in order
to get a better grip on
Corona
.
Munich / Edinburgh - What do
Munich
and
Edinburgh have in
common?
Both metropolises are capital cities, Munich from the influential German state
Bavaria
,
Edinburgh
from proud
Scotland
in
Great Britain
.
Corona pandemic in Great Britain: Scotland is cracking down on it - no more alcohol in pubs
They are twin cities.
And they stand for
beer
.
But that with the beer, the
Scottish
Ale
, has
been done for the time being
in
Scotland
due to the
coronavirus pandemic
- at least
in all pubs, restaurants and bars
.
That decided and announced the government in Edinburgh this Wednesday.
Corona measures in Scotland
: No
more
alcohol
in restaurants until October 25th
Restaurants, pubs and bars
are only allowed to be open between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m., but they cannot serve alcohol.
In five regions of
Scotland
, restaurants will have to close completely during this period.
Specifically, the
Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon declared
on Wednesday (October 7th): From the coming weekend, operators will only be allowed to open their restaurants from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and offer only non-alcoholic drinks in addition to food.
From 6 p.m. there is
a
curfew
for
restaurants
throughout the country
.
Corona virus in Scotland: Corona numbers and new infections have recently increased significantly
The new rules should apply (for the time being) until October 25th.
Most recently, the number of
corona cases
- as elsewhere in Europe - rose sharply again, to more than 1000
new Covid 19 infections registered
daily.
Broken down to an estimated 5.4 million inhabitants, this is a relatively high figure - for example in an intra-European comparison with Germany (around 82 million inhabitants).
In the five regions in
Scotland
worst hit by the pandemic
,
restaurants will
even have to close completely during the period mentioned.
Between mid-March and mid-July, the pubs, restaurants and bars in
England's
northern neighbor had
remained empty
due to the
Corona crisis
.
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