Health
UK diners treated to half-price meals ahead of feared second coronavirus wave – ABC News
While businesses close in Victoria due to the latest coronavirus outbreak, the UK is testing out new tactics to get customers through the doors of restaurants and cafes.
The UK Government is begging Britons to open their wallets, so Boris Johnson is doing the same.
His Government has started paying 50 per cent of diners’ restaurant bills to encourage them to spend, ahead of a feared second wave of COVID-19.
“I think it’s a great idea,” diner Lewis Stanford told the ABC as he ate lunch in south London.
“These businesses need an injection to get everyone out and about.”
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