Contacting tracing is going to become increasingly important as bars and cafes re-open.
Socialising in cafes, pubs and restaurants will carry plenty more risks than before. Image: Shutterstock/Michele Ursi Socialising in cafes, pubs and restaurants will carry plenty more risks than before. Image: Shutterstock/Michele Ursi THE QUESTION OF ‘Who are you meeting?’ will take on a greater significance in the weeks, months and possibly years to come as Covid-19 requires a greater policing and recording of who exactly we meet.
The stipulation that triggered most discussion was over meals, with pubs told that to re-open meals will have to be “substantial” and cost at least €9 – a requirement that will remain in place until 20 July, when pubs that don’t serve food are allowed reopen. Anyone who has spent more than 15 minutes, face-to-face, within two metres of a person with coronavirus in any setting, for example, anyone living in the same household, or someone who has shared a closed space with a confirmed case for more than two hours. What does this mean for someone sitting inside a socially distanced pub or restaurant in the coming weeks?
Prof Joe Barry, from the School of Medicine in Trinity College Dublin, has concerns about the pace of re-opening bars. The guidance states that a close contact is someone who “has shared a closed space with a confirmed case for more than two hours”.
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