Some British pubs were forced to close again after customers tested positive for the corona virus

“This is not a message we want to write as soon as possible, but The Lighthouse will be closed because customers test positive,” a pub in Burnham-on-Sea, in southwest England, added on social media.

Both pubs say their staff members are being tested.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock praised the venue for taking steps to close. “They are doing the right thing by their customers and their community … three pubs are closed so that others can be open,” he told lawmakers in Parliament on Tuesday.

Pubs are permitted to open in the United Kingdom on Saturdays for the first time in almost four months. Customers in many are asked for contact details before they can enter, to help track contacts if someone is later found to have a virus.

Third place, Village Home Pub in southern England, said it hoped to open again on Saturday after a customer tested positive.

“Anyone who is in the pub over the weekend doesn’t need to isolate unless you show symptoms or are contacted directly by the trail group,” he told customers on social media. The UK track and track operation is not yet running at full capacity.

Pubs are required to impose social distances and limit the number of visitors to reopen, but many Britons are flocking to locals.

“The predicted night was busy and confirmed what we know, alcohol and social distance are not a good combination,” John Apter, national chairman of the Police Federation, tweeted on Sunday.

Apter, who served in the southern city of Southampton on Saturday night, said he and his colleagues had dealt with “happy drunks, angry drunks, fights” and antisocial behavior. “What’s clear is that drunk people can’t / won’t get social distance,” he said.

Five pubs in Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England, decided to close early after anti-social behavior, police said at the weekend, and officers made four arrests following reports of broken windows and small attacks.

However, Inspector Craig Berry thanked “the majority of the people who had acted responsibly throughout Saturday.”

Instead, many places chose to remain closed, explaining that they could not be sure that they would be safe to welcome more drinkers. Pubs in Scotland and Wales must wait until the end of this month to reopen.