University Moves 300 Dining Tables Outdoors To Prevent Coronavirus

A Chinese university has moved 300 dining tables outside and required students to eat al fresco to prevent the spread of [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus].
Drone footage shows the outdoor canteen at the Henan University of Technology in Zhengzhou as it prepares to welcome its students back to campus.
Schools across [/news/china/index.html China] are gradually re-opening after shutting their campuses and moving classes online temporarily due to the coronavirus outbreak. 
Henan University of Technology in Zhengzhou, China, has moved 300 dining tables outside and required students to eat in the open air to prevent the spread of coronavirus
Drone footage shows the outdoor canteen at the Henan University of Technology in Chinese east-central city Zhengzhou yesterday to prepare for welcoming the students back to campus
The canteen tables can serve up to 1,200 students at once, the manager of the university's supply and services department, known by his surname Zhang, told the press
Universities across China have closed their doors and moved classes online since the virus outbreak started in January. The picture shows the drone footage of the outdoor canteen 
The outdoor canteen can serve up to 1,200 students at the same time, a school official told reporters.  
This came after local officials released new guidelines on student dining to prevent the spread of the deadly disease, said the manager of the university's supply and services department, known by his surname Zhang.   
'The weather is getting warmer as well. So we set up these tables for students if they wish to eat outdoors,' Mr Zhang continued.  
But the majority of the university's 30,000 students would order deliveries or take their food t[ 'Outdoor dining is just one of the options [to eat]. And it's for when the weather is nice,' Mr Zhang said.  
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Restaurants around China have launched a ‘one person per table' policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after citizens started to leave their homes and go back to work
Restaurants and canteens around [/news/china/index.html China] have launched a ‘one person per table' policy to prevent the spread of the [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] after citizens started to leave their homes and go back to work.   
A noodle shop is seen taping up table seats to stop the customers from sitting next to each other in Nanning, Guangxi Province of southern China. This came after the quarantined restaurant had recently re-opened.
'It doesn't look very nice, tour du lịch nam ninh but I think it's better to do this out of safety concerns,' the noodle shop owner, Su Yali, told the press.  
Another company has also launched the policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after employees started to return to work. The picture shows the workers having their meals
Another company has also launched the policy to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after employees started to return to work. 
A place card that reads 'one person per table, facing the south and sitting on the right-hand side' is displayed on each dining table. 
Security guards wearing face masks are seen patrolling the company's canteen whilst the workers eat alone in their tables. 
Chinese officials have advised their citizens to keep a minimum distance of 1.5 metres (4.92 feet) away from one another in public.
Medics wearing protective clothing carry a patient to a hospital in Wuhan, Hubei Province
Millions of people are gradually returning to work as Chinese President Xi visited Wuhan for the first time last Tuesday since the city emerged as the centre of the coronavirus epidemic in January. 
Xi's visit also indicated that China is ready to declare victory over the health crisis, according to Chinese media.
Meanwhile. Europe is moving deeper into lockdown today with 100million people retreating to their homes, borders being sealed and bars and restaurants closing across the continent. 
A man wearing a protective face mask stands on the Poland-German border crossing point in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
A lone commuter wears a face mask as he crosses London Bridge (left) in the capital, while a student at University College London (right) also chooses to cover her mouth
Vietnamese tourists wearing face masks and wedding clothes pose in front of the Eiffel Tower, closed during the lockdown
The deadly disease has infected over 173,000 people globally and claimed at least 6,648 deaths. There are 1,391 cases in the UK, including 35 deaths.
The government has not yet told businesses to close their offices and companies allowing their staff to work from home are doing so as a precaution in order to prevent the spread of the disease across their work forces. 
It was revealed yesterday that the over 70s could be forced to self-isolate and that people who refuse to go into quarantine risk being thrown into jail or being slapped with a fine of up to £1,000.

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