There is a highly popular Chinese eatery here that is always so crowded that I’ve actually never been there.
Yesterday, I walked by twice to see the place almost empty.
It normally seems to get frequented a lot by local foreign students as well as locals.
I don’t know if they do deliveries or are part of Deliveroo etc and can’t tell whether might be an increase in deliveries.
I also walked by a Chinese buffet restaurant. It was closed. That could have been a coincidence.
Who is taking some action with regard to how some businesses will be affected? Does their insurance cover this kind of thing? I doubt it (force majeure, acts of nature), but I hope I am wrong.
On https://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/ someone reported a drop of 70% in revenue for a noodle takeaway.
“Multiple Chinese restaurants report lower sales.”
Thankfully, most people on that forum responded in a level-headed manner and said things like “Definitely think we’ll have a Chinese takeaway tomorrow and help ours out a bit.” Good.
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Today, England too decided to declare Covid-19 a notifiable disease. In some cases, this may mean that busines losses related to it are covered by insurance. This would be really helpful.
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