First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has issued a warning to pubs not complying with governmental orders to shut down.
The UK government instructed all pubs, restaurants and entertainment venues to shut down as of Friday to limit the spread of coronavirus.
Nicola Sturgeon's government backed the request demanding venues shut in Scotland during a televised address from Bute House.
READ MORE: VIDEO: Glasgow's Garngad Takeaway goes up in flames
Popular East End pub the Bristol Bar Glasgow posted on Facebook on Saturday evening that they would be keeping up the "party" until midnight.
The post has now been deleted from their page.
Sturgeon encouraged pubs to do "the right thing" and follow the closure order as the number of Scottish deaths reached seven this weekend.
A Greenock pub also remained open on Saturday night in spite of governmental instructions.
The pub, Cheers, hosted revellers through the night and told the Scottish Sun they would remain open until it became "unsafe" to do so.
Police were later called to the premises after an assault took place on the property.
A 50-year-old man was arrested after another received minor injuries.
A spokeswoman for the force confirmed to the Glasgow Times investigations into the incident were ongoing.
Sturgeon tweeted on Saturday evening: "I’m seeing some suggestions on here that a small minority might not be complying. If that’s true, make no mistake...lives are at risk as a result.
"Please do the right thing now."
READ MORE: John Lewis to shut all 50 stores due to coronavirus pandemic
She thanked the majority of pubs and venues for complying with the request to close.
My thanks to the vast majority of pubs etc that have complied with @scotgov request to close. I’m seeing some suggestions on here that a small minority might not be complying. If that’s true, make no mistake...lives are at risk as a result. Please do the right thing now.
— Nicola Sturgeon (@NicolaSturgeon) March 21, 2020
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel