Eating together apart: Restaurants reopen as COVID-19 lockdowns ease

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People eat lunch at a food court of the Central World department store, after the Thai government eased isolation measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have dinner as they sit next to stuffed panda dolls, used as part of social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the Maison Saigon restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have lunch at a food court inside a hospital after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have lunch at the Penguin Eat Shabu hotpot restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have lunch in a noodle restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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People sit in a restaurant, as shops and restaurants are allowed to reopen as Italy eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Milan. Image Credit: Reuters

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Customers wearing protective masks, face-shields and gloves to prevent infections following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, toast glasses at the cheerleader-themed restaurant 'Cheers One' in Tokyo, Japan. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have lunch at the Penguin Eat Shabu hotpot restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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Customers eat lunch next to a table closed for social distancing at Bad Daddy's Burger Bar on the day restaurants and theaters were allowed to reopen to the public in Smyrna, Georgia. Image Credit: Reuters

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People have lunch in a noodle restaurant that reopened after the easing of restrictions with the implementation of a plastic barrier and social distancing measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bangkok, Thailand. Image Credit: Reuters

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A Swedish couple is opening a "COVID-19-safe" pop-up restaurant in a meadow with one chair and one table in Ransater, Sweden. There are no waiters and the food is brought to the table in a basket from the restaurant window via a pulley system Image Credit: via REUTERS

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A server is seen with protective gear serving food on a table at a restaurant where they test servers providing drinks and food to models pretending to be clients in a safe 'quarantine greenhouses' in which guests can dine in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Image Credit: Reuters

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People wearing protective masks sit on a terrace of a restaurant, as shops and restaurants are allowed to reopen as Italy eases some of the lockdown measures put in place during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Milan. Image Credit: Reuters

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