'Ridiculous but not surprising': Hospitality workers frustrated by further delays

'I think it is completely unfair. I could serve 150 to 200 people indoors. And then, after I finish, I can't go next door for dinner inside. I can't meet my friends or my girlfriend for a meal indoors.'

Thousands of unvaccinated hospitality staff look set to be left in the difficult position of being refused service inside the bars and restaurants where they work, under new rules proposed by the Government.

The Government is currently exploring ways to restrict indoor dining for vaccinated cohorts only, a situation which would exclude tens of thousands in their 20s and 30s awaiting their first jabs, and thousands more in their 40s and above who are awaiting their second dose.