Greater Manchester Chinese shuts as owners go into ‘self isolation’ over coronavirus fears

A Chinese takeaway in Greater Manchester has temporarily shut its doors as the owners have gone into ‘self isolation’.

The family who own the chippy quarantined themselves due to coronavirus fears, as they’d recently visited China.

A1 Fish and Chips in Bolton’s owners have said they’ll reopen on February 21st, as they follow UK government advise and self-isolate.

The managers of the takeaway in Westhoughton said they’d taken the steps as a precaution, for ‘responsibility and safety’.

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A sign taped to the front door says: “Because we went to travel, for responsibility and safety we will stay at home to rest for 14 days. We will be open on 21/02/2020. Thank you for your concern!”

The manager of the takeaway, Yint Zheng, told the Bolton News that while no one in the family was ill, they’d decided to quarantine themselves as they had recently returned from China.

She said: “We were on holiday in China until February 8th. We were in Fijian not Wuhan. Nobody in the family is ill we’re just doing this just in case.

“We saw it on the news that the virus is really bad so we’re just being safe by quarantining ourselves for two weeks.”

According to the Department of Health, 2,521 people have been tested for coronavirus in the UK, with only nine testing positive.

Meanwhile, in China the number of deaths has risen to 1,380 as of Friday morning, with the majority of these happening in the epicentre of the virus, Wuhan.