Hospitality trade fears going under if UK imposes new Covid ‘plan B’
theguardian.comPubs, bars, restaurants and hotels would be driven under if the government imposes “plan B” restrictions to curb the rise in Covid-19 cases, the head of the hospitality trade body has warned, amid concern that the industry cannot survive a second lost Christmas.
The health secretary, Sajid Javid, said on Wednesday that while new infections could hit a record 100,000 a day, he would not be reintroducing measures such as working from home or compulsory mask-wearing “at this time”.
But the British Medical Association said on Thursday it would be “wilful negligence” not to enact plan B in England, to prevent the NHS being overwhelmed by growing numbers of coronavirus cases.
Kate Nicholls, the chief executive of UK Hospitality, which represents 730
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