Good to know if you find yourself eating out a lot less lately.
As COVID-19 spreads across the US and around the world, the virus is affecting every aspect of daily life. Schools are closing, people are working from home, public events are being cancelled, and people are ditching their social plans and staying home instead. It’s also having a devastating effect on restaurants.surveyed 1,000 consumers from February 28 through March 2 to get their views on life during the coronavirus pandemic.
Having said that, people need to eat—and although eating in restaurants can be safe in most settings, according to Hedberg, food delivery services reduce the opportunities for respiratory exposure. “Waiting in lines for tables, sitting at tables tightly packed into dining rooms, or sitting with large groups are opportunities for exposure to viruses that may be carried by others,” he says.
With a large number of people avoiding restaurants in order to self-isolate, it’s never been more important for restaurants and delivery services to follow safe food handling practices. “We don’t want to create new food safety problems while we’re trying to reduce potential exposure to the coronavirus,” says Hedberg. , a professor at North Carolina State University, believes the possibility of contracting coronavirus is not high.
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