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# Lichfield MP calls for drinkers to co-operate with pubs in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/lichfield-mp-calls-for-drinkers-to-co-operate-with-pubs-in-order-to-prevent-the-spread-of-coronavirus/
- Published: 2020-08-02T06:45:00.000Z
- Updated: 2020-08-02T09:47:42.000Z
- Description: People need to co-operate with pubs to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, Lichfield MP says.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:14, News

People need to co-operate with pubs to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, Lichfield MP says.

Michael Fabricant’s comments come following an outbreak in Stone.

![Michael Fabricant](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e3/90/e390c3da-0866-4d2a-8ffe-ca4999d7ce1c/content/images/lichfieldlive-co-uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/img_20190524_093739.jpg)

Michael Fabricant

The Conservative MP said the systems brought in to identify potential outbreaks needed people to ensure they were providing accurate data when visiting bars.

> “The outbreak of COVID-19 in Stone at the the Crown and Anchor pub highlights the importance of track and trace.  
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> “Despite several hundred people visiting on the 16th, 17th and 18th July, it seems the number of names on the register was just in single figures.  
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> “That is startling and makes track and trace very difficult when time is of the essence.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP

The Conservative MP said landlords and drinkers needed to take responsibility for ensuring any outbreak could be managed quickly.

> “Visiting pubs in Lichfield, I have been impressed with the systems put in place particularly by the larger chains and some privately owned pubs.  
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> “But anecdotal evidence is that some rural pubs are not as thorough.  
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> “It is important for the safety of others that publicans keep an effective and comprehensive contacts register and that all customers cooperate with the measures in place – it is the law.  
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> “If these rules continue to be flouted, I shall be asking for stiffer penalties in Pariament. It is no good blaming track and trace if the data is not there in the first place.”  
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> Michael Fabricant MP