Nando's restaurants will also close today -as Primark and Timpsons announced similar measures in the battle against coronavirus. Nando's followed suit and said it will temporarily close all its restaurants in the UK today 'until further notice'. 'We have decided that the best course of action right now is to temporarily close our restaurants until further notice. Pret A Manger chose to close all 400 of its UK stores, following a similar decision by coffee chain Starbucks, which has around 1,000 UK outlets. Waterstones has also announced that it will temporarily close its doors by the close of trade today until further notice.

Source: Daily Mail March 23, 2020 08:43 UTC