EDINBURGH, March 20 ― Campbell Mickel slices a kiwi fruit in the Merienda restaurant in the plush Edinburgh suburb of Stockbridge when his concentration is broken by a vibrating cellphone. He answers and his eyes light up as he engages with the caller who wants to do something rather unusual ―...
Sous chef Robbie Probert and owner Campbell Mickel lay out takeaway trays as they start to prepare dishes from their 'Social Distancing Menu' to be packaged and delivered to customers at Merienda restaurant in Edinburgh. ― AFP pic
“Delivering a meal in a foil container is not something I would normally consider but these are unusual times,” Mickel says of the slump in business caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Later in the day, the First Minister of the devolved government in Edinburgh, Nicola Sturgeon, announced there were 227 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Scotland, with three deaths.
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