Ten Glasgow pub workers are self-isolating after two members of staff tested positive for Covid-19.
The Horseshoe Bar and O’Neill’s Grand Central have both remained opened despite one employee at each venue coming down with the killer bug last week.
Due to staff shortages, three bartenders had been working between the two pubs before the coronavirus cases were detected.
But it is understood that neither of the two positive cases are believed to be linked, pub bosses have said.
Mitchell and Butlers, who own the two city centre venues, say they are taking the situation “very seriously” and confirmed that six staff from O'Neill's are now self-isolating for 14 days.
They confirmed that a further four employees from The Horseshoe Bar are also in quarantine as a precaution.
A spokesman for O'Neill's Grand Central said: “We’d like to assure our guests we’ve been working diligently at all times and are taking great care to make sure that their safety and wellbeing, and that of our colleagues, remains at the very forefront of all of our Covid-secure operations.
"Since reopening we’ve successfully introduced new robust safety protocols at the pub, which are in line with the Government guidance, including frequent cleaning of all surfaces and new table layouts to ensure guests can social distance within the pub.
"Our team have undertaken extensive training in these protocols to ensure the highest safety and hygiene standards are maintained at all times.
“These new measures are displayed in full on our website and throughout the pub.
“Since reopening we have been fully supporting the Government’s track and trace efforts and we’ve successfully introduced an effective track and trace policy.
"We are taking these measures very seriously and our policy outlines that when visiting the pub it is compulsory that guests fill out our digital track and trace survey, a system the relevant authorities have been very complimentary of.
“Any guests who have pre-booked will have already provided adequate details for track and trace so will not need to fill out this form.
“As per our Government approved safety protocols, our team members provide daily health checks and are being asked to monitor their symptoms closely.
“If any of our team start to display symptoms of coronavirus then they will need to follow the appropriate public health guidance and self-isolate.”
They added: “We can confirm six team members are currently self-isolating.
“We’d like to again reassure our guests we are taking this very seriously and that we are closely monitoring the situation with the team.
“We will continue to follow the latest advice from the Government and can confirm the pub currently remains open as usual.”
The same Covid-19 safety procedures are also in place at The Horseshoe Bar.
