NPHET to issue recommendation on whether it believes pubs can reopen safely on August 10th
The country’s two main organisations representing vintners have issued a fresh plea to the Government to allow pubs to reopen next week ahead of a key recommendation to be made by public health experts on the issue on Tuesday.
The Government decided last month to postpone the planned reopening of pubs that do not serve food, colloquially known as “wet pubs”, on July 20th as part of Phase 4 of the reopening of the economy following an increase in the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections. The VFI leader said keeping pubs closed was not a viable option given that society was expected to live with the coronavirus for some period to come.
Publicans have also criticised the failure of the Government to provide them with guidelines about measures to be put in place to allow pubs to reopen safely. Mr O’Keeffe said the Government could not keep on “kicking the can down the road” when it came to tackling the future of the pub industry.
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