Bar closes after staff virus tests
ABAR has been shut after three staff members tested positive for coronavirus.
Bosses at Thom’s Bar & Kitchen, on Heaton Moor Road, say the wine bar and restaurant has closed temporarily due to the Covid-19 cases.
One staff member initially tested positive for the virus, before two more also provided positive tests, bosses confirmed.
In a post on the bar’s Facebook page on Monday morning, a spokesperson said: “Just to let everyone know that unfortunately we have now temporarily closed.
“On Sunday we were notified that a member of staff had tested positive for Covid-19 and decided to close our premises.
“As our focus is and always has been on customer and staff welfare, this was the obvious course of action to take.
“We have contacted Public Health England and a consultant will be advising us on any procedures we need to follow and assist us in safely reopening in a timely and safe manner.
“We hope to be able to safely reopen soon and welcome you all back with socially distant open arms.
“Thank you to everyone for your support so far and we can’t wait to see you all again.”
In an updated statement, the team said that two more staff members had tested positive.
They said that anyone who visited in the last week may want to err ‘on the side of caution’ and book a Covid-19 test while waiting for Public Health England to contact them.
In full, the post said: “Since our first announcement we can now confirm that two more members of our team have tested positive.
“We have contacted PHE and are still waiting to hear back from a representative.
“As this must be a very busy time for PHE, anyone who has visited us in the last week may want to air on the side of caution and book/order a test whilst waiting for PHE to contact them.
“Thank you again for everyone’s support in this time and we will be aiming to update everyone as soon as we have more information available.”
Under Government guidelines, anyone who is potentially affected by a coronavirus outbreak should be contacted by the NHS Test and Trace service.
Stockport Council has been contacted for a comment.