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To provide further clarity around social distancing requirements in restaurants and bars, Cabinet published more details pertaining specifically to those businesses.

The updated Control and Management of Covid-19 (Amendment) Regulations 2021 regulations specify that:

• Restaurants and bars may offer indoor and outdoor services, subject to the owner or operator satisfying the following conditions:
  • Tables must be at least six feet apart;
  • Notwithstanding social distancing requirements laid out elsewhere in the regulations, people from different households may be seated at the same table in a restaurant or bar;
  • Servers and front of house staff must wear masks or cloth face coverings while serving customers;

o Owners and operators of any establishment found in breach of these regulations are liable on conviction to a fine of KYD10,000 and to imprisonment for up to two years.

The amendment regulations come into force immediately.