The UK's biggest pub chain has recorded more than 66 outbreaks of coronavirus at 50 branches in the UK. Wetherspoon's boss Tim Martin said that 66 employees have tested positive for Covid-19, but defended claims that pubs are no longer safe to visit.
It comes as Boris Johnson's new 'rule of six' comes into force in England, with public gatherings now limited to just six indoors and in public.
The chain, which employs more than 41,564 people, said the vast majority of its 861 pubs had recorded no positive tests for the virus.
Aberdeen University's Prof Pennington said last month that pubs are "far, far more dangerous places to be" when discussing sending children back to school during the pandemic.