Covid 19 Hits Glasgow Pub as Patron Tests Positive

(Yahoo! Life) - A Glasgow pub carried out its own track and trace service after discovering one of its customers had coronavirus amid a growing number of outbreaks linked to bars in Scotland.

The Swinton Tavern explained they did not want to wait days for the NHS to reach out after the customer contacted them about his diagnosis.

The management said they decided “to do the right thing” and to contact all customers straight away. They also tested their staff, all of which had come back negative.

In a statement on Facebook, the pub said the person had just returned from holiday and had not quarantined when they returned to Scotland.

It is unclear if the customer had been holidaying in a country exempt from the current quarantine rules for foreign arrivals.

Aberdeen was put on lockdown yesterday after the city saw a surge in coronavirus cases linked to pubs, with all premises ordered closed from 5:00 pm last night for at least seven days.

She recently said pictures of young people gathering in pubs and ignoring social distancing was “exactly what we feared” and it made her want to cry.