Europe’s restaurants devise creative solutions to shield diners in pandemic era

Plastic shields have been made to help diners self-isolate while teddy bears and mannequins have been used to ensure social distancing.

Manager Musa Gezer prepares tables in his restaurant Beef’n Beer besides big teddy bears in Hofheim, Germany. In order to ensure social distancing (Arne Dedert/AP)

Restaurants in Europe are devising creative ways to ensure customers can forget about Covid-19 during their dining experience.

A French restaurant has adopted a plastic shield to surround diners, while another in Lithuania is using mannequins to ensure social distancing while a German outlet is using teddy bears for the same reason.