Coronavirus latest: McDonald's goes delivery and drive thru only

McDonald’s has said that from 5am tomorrow all restaurants in the UK and Ireland will close seating areas and temporarily move to being takeaway, drive thru and delivery operations.

In an attempt to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, all drive thrus and delivery orders via Just Eat and Uber Eats will be contact free.

“In these unprecedented times, our restaurants will continue to remain open for as long as it is safe to do so,” McDonald’s said in an online statement.