The Hawthorne bar, where the outbreak in Aberdeen is believed to have startedThe outlawing of “pub crawls” is being considered in Scotland after a serious coronavirus outbreak, linked to bars, led to Aberdeen being put into a local lockdown. Nicola Sturgeon ordered the city’s pubs and restaurants to close by 5pm today after a “significant” cluster of 54 cases was identified. The action was taken amid fears of community transmission taking hold after it emerged that the outbreak, which initially centred on one pub, was linked to 28 bars, cafés, golf clubs and a junior football club. Ms Sturgeon suggested that action could be taken to stop people visiting multiple pubs in one night. She speculated that there might be a pattern where people have gone from one bar to another on the same night, spreading the

Source: The Times August 05, 2020 12:17 UTC