Coronavirus: Pubs and shops named following Lanarkshire outbreak
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One of the premises named was END Clothing in Glasgow
Five businesses have been identified as being linked to the Covid-19 outbreak at a call centre in Lanarkshire.
They include Owen's bar in Coatbridge; The Railway Tavern and Merlin's Bar in Motherwell, Costa Coffee in Carfin and END Clothing in Glasgow.
Environmental health officials visited the businesses after 15 workers at the Sitel call centre tested positive for the virus.
All had taken satisfactory precautions and transmission risks were "low".
The details of the pubs, coffee shop and clothing firm were highlighted by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in her daily briefing.
She made a plea to people who had visited these businesses to be vigilant over the next fortnight, to take a test and monitor symptoms.
The outbreak connected to Sitel near Motherwell is being dealt with by "vigorous" test and trace and there are no plans for a local lockdown in North Lanarkshire.
Deputy First Minister John Swinney said earlier the fact that staff lived around the country meant a local closure was not being considered.
Owen's bar said they had extended the space in the beer garden to ensure customer safety
One of the sites highlighted by the first minister was Owen's bar in Coatbridge.
The pub said they had gone to "great lengths" to ensure the safety of all customers and that all social distancing measures were highly visible.
A statement from Owen's bar said: "We have extended all the space in our beer garden to ensure our customer safety and continue to follow government guidance.
"The Environmental Health were immediately pleased with our reaction and how we addressed any questions that were raised."
A total of 20 cases have been linked to the Sitel site which was doing work for NHS England's test and trace system.
The site has been closed and staff have been asked to get tested for Covid.
What we know
20 cases linked to the site, including 15 staff and five others
400 tests connected to Sitel have been done
390 have been returned
63 contacts identified as needing to be traced and, so far, 56 have been reached
Mr Swinney told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme that something had "quite clearly gone badly wrong" at the site, which is in Maxim Park at Eurocentral.
He added: "This facility is adjacent to the M8, right in the centre of Scotland.
"There are people from the west of Scotland, from the east of Scotland and from Lanarkshire. So it's not as simple as just applying a local lockdown.
"What is critical is that we must vigorously pursue the test and protect arrangements on every single possible contact."
The deputy first minister praised NHS Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire Council for the "absolutely razor-focused activity they have put into this" since being alerted to the outbreak on Sunday morning.
The Sitel site has been closed and staff have been asked to get tested for Covid
He said steps had been taken to "meticulously follow" every contact to try and break the chain of transmission.
The move has led to several pubs, coffee shops and retail premises being alerted after Sitel staff gave their tracing details.
"That is the most effective strategy that we can put in place to avoid having to go to any wider lockdown situation," Mr Swinney said.
A statement released by NHS Lanarkshire on Tuesday evening said 14 cases associated with the Sitel premises had been identified.
There have been a further five cases involving other people linked to those at the call centre.
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