Three pubs close days after reopening after customers test positive

Caption: Three pubs close just days after reopening due to punters testing positive Getty – Google Maps

Three pubs have been forced to close within days of reopening after customers tested positive for coronavirus.

The Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, the Fox & Hounds in Batley, West Yorkshire, and The Village Home in Alverstoke, Gosport, were the first pubs to close in England after restrictions were eased.

Thousands of drinkers flocked to pubs on ‘Super Saturday’ to enjoy a drink following three months of lockdown.

But all three pubs have since taken to Facebook to alert customers that they have had to close again just days later due to positive cases.

The Lighthouse Kitchen and Carvery in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset (Picture: Google Maps)

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The Lighthouse said a customer had tested positive and it was making its way through a list of people who were in the bar on Saturday.

It added: ‘All our staff are going to be tested and we will reopen when the time is safe to do so.’

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The Fox & Hounds said it would be closed until further notice after receiving a call from a customer on Monday to say they had tested positive for coronavirus.

Posting on its Facebook page, it said all staff had since taken a test and added that the pub will be ‘fully deep cleaned and when safe to do so we will reopen our doors’.

The Fox and Hounds in Batley, West Yorkshire, said it would be closed until further notice after receiving a call from a customer on Monday to say they had tested positive (Picture: Google Maps)

The Village Home Pub in Alverstoke, Gosport, said it had also had a case of coronavirus in the pub (Picture: Google Maps)

The Village Home said it had also ‘had a case of Coronavirus in the pub’, adding that ‘some of us are in isolation’.

Its statement on Facebook said: ‘The pub is now shut but all being well will open again on Saturday. Anyone who was in the pub over the weekend there is no need to isolate unless you show symptoms or are contacted direct by the trace group. Thank you and hope to see you soon.’

The closures will cause concern in the sector, which has been acutely affected by the crisis.

Boris Johnson on Monday urged people not to ‘stuff this up’ after drinkers flocked to popular areas, including London’s Soho, over the weekend, prompting fears over the lack of social distancing.

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