A South Shields bar has temporarily closed for a deep clean after a customer tested positive for coronavirus.
Life of Riley confirmed the news in a Facebook post and said that it would be back open on Friday evening after carrying out the "rigorous clean".
The owners of the bar, on Mile End Road, were informed that someone who visited on Saturday has now tested positive for the virus.
They confirmed that Environmental Health had visited Life of Riley and were satisfied with their precautions.
A spokesperson said: "We have been informed today, Thursday 27th August, that one visitor to our establishment on Saturday 22nd August has tested positive for Covid-19.
"As a precaution, we will temporarily close the premises tonight in order to complete an additional, rigorous clean, on top of the stringent procedures that we complete on a daily basis.
"Our track and trace system will be made available to the relevant authorities should this be requested. Environmental health have attended and are satisfied with precautions we implemented and the subsequent swift action we have taken.
"We would like to thank our staff and customers for adhering to the policies put in place by us and the authorities so that we can swiftly deal with this situation and re-open at the earliest possible time.
"We will re-open at 7pm tomorrow, Friday 28th August."
