Taiwan restaurants preparing to adopt social distancing guidelines

Taipei, April 1 (CNA) Restaurants across Taiwan are reorganizing their spaces to comply with the social distancing guidelines issued Tuesday by Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) as part of the country's efforts to contain the COVID-19 coronavirus.

In keeping with the CECC's advice that people should keep a distance of at least 1.5 meters from each other indoors and at least one meter outdoors, two major restaurant chains said they will now leave an extra space between customers at their tables.

With a space the width of an empty seat between customers, their restaurant tables will each seat half as many people as before, Wowprime Corp. and Feastogether Corporation said.

​Read more: Focus Taiwan