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BBC :https://reurl.cc/oLg92V

McDonald's will close all 1,270 of its restaurants in the UK by the end of
Monday, as fears over the spread of coronavirus escalate.

Previously, the fast food giant had closed its seating areas but had
continued to offer takeaway and drive-through services.

McDonald's said it wanted to protect the wellbeing of staff and customers.

On Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said restaurants and cafes must
close, but exempted take-away food places.

McDonald's employs around 135,000 people in the UK, the majority of which are
on zero-hours contracts.

The chain said staff employed directly by the company would receive full pay
for their scheduled hours until 5 April.

By that time it expects the government's financial aid package, announced on
Friday, to have kicked in, with staff paid 80% of their wages.

A spokeswoman told the BBC she expected McDonald's franchises, which decide
their own pay policies, to follow suit.

McDonald's UK boss, Paul Pomroy, said: "Over the last 24 hours, it has become
clear that maintaining safe social distancing whilst operating busy takeaway
and Drive Thru restaurants is increasingly difficult and therefore we have
taken the decision to close every restaurant in the UK and Ireland by 7pm on
Monday 23 March.

"I have been clear throughout this that we would only continue to operate
whilst it was safe for our people and together with our franchisees, we feel
now is the time to make this decision."

Last week Mr Pomroy had said the chain would stay open as "for as long as it
is safe to do so".

But it reduced its opening hours and cancelled its annual Monopoly promotion,
where prizes included a number of foreign holidays and cruises
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簡單翻譯
之前英國麥當勞是關閉內用，但有得來速服務，現在決定全部關閉

英國麥當勞總員工約135000人，大部分為零時工。
目前英國政府有提供輔助，輔助80%薪資 給停業在家的員工

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