Three staff at Wetherspoon pub in North Wales test positive for coronavirus

Three staff at Wetherspoon pub in North Wales test positive for coronavirus and other workers go into self-isolation but bar will remain open

  • Three workers tested positive for coronavirus at the North and South Wales Bank
  • A number of other staff at the Wrexham venue are also now self isolating
  • A JD Wetherspoon spokesman has said that the pub remains open for now

Three workers at a Wetherspoon pub in North Wales have tested positive for coronavirus.

The cases were at the North and South Wales Bank, on High Street in Wrexham.

Other members of staff are also now self-isolating and Public Health Wales have been informed.

A JD Wetherspoon spokesman said the pub remains open.

The chain’s press officer Eddie Gershon said: ‘We can confirm that three members of staff have tested positive at the North and South Wales Bank in Wrexham.

The cases were at the North and South Wales Bank, on High Street in Wrexham

A number of other staff are also now self-isolating and Public Health Wales have been informed (file image)

A number of other staff are also now self-isolating and Public Health Wales have been informed (file image)

‘As a result a number of other staff are self-isolating as a precaution.

‘All of the required controls are in place. All of the positive cases have been reported to Public Health Wales.’

‘We have discussed our operating plan with Public Health Wales and they do not require us to take any further action at this time.

‘The Test, Trace and Protect information is available to the contact tracing team should they wish to use it.’