Waffle House Red Code: Breakfast Chain, Coronavirus Stop
The national breakfast chain has hailed to stay open during disasters, starts closing it.
Need to know how serious the pandemic coronavirus is? Waffle houses are starting to close in the country.
The southern restaurant icon yellow roofWaffle restaurant Always seemed impervious to the disaster and became a real indicator of, well, how things become bad things. There is really something called the "Waffle House Index"would have invented the employee of FEMACraig FUGER,who said that theThe Wall Street newspaper It's a good way to judge how bad a disaster is.
"If a Waffle House store is open and offering a full menu, the index is green. If it is open but used from a limited menu, it is yellow. When the location has been forced to close, The index is red "" FUGER explained in 2012. "Because Waffle House is well prepared for disasters ... it is rare that the index stopped red."
But in a publication published on their Facebook page, the national food chain of breakfast known for its persistence in the face of advertised disasters that they began to close a large number of locations due to coronavirus.
With the hashtag #wafflehouseindexred, the message presented a map that showed 365Waffle restaurant Closed locations, with remaining 1,627 open.
With the coronavirus pandemic extending in most of the nation, and many states begin to follow the "stay at home" orders in California, Washington in New York, it is very likely that much more, if not all These remaining waffles creations will eventually educate and temporarily closed.
Waffle House is a cost-effective catering establishment, especially in the southern states. And until recently, the emblematic eatery had not been immune to the harmful effects of COVID-19. Waffle House employeeJoey Park Positive for Coronavirus on March 9 and was sent to the Quarantine of the Atlanta region in a Georgia State campsite. Shortly after, however, the park was released and eager to return to work.
Atlanta-Local Area News Outlet CBS46reports:
"CBS46 first spoke at the camp when he went isolated and after being the first and unique Georgian with coronavirus.
"The last three days, I have been without a symptom," said Camp, on the phone.
>The Department of Public Health of Georgia stated in a statement to CBS46 that the camp was released without retested because it was asymptomatic for a full week and is now considered cured.
The Declaration continued to say that the new CDC directives are followed by States.
"I'm ready to go back to work and come back to the community," said the camp. "The only reason I'm always dragging is because I'm on my back last week and half. '"
The Waffle House had been open at the national level despite some forced fences in states dealing with CVIV-19 outbreaks. Last week, the chain released a statement, however, on how they prepare for coronaviruses advance. The declaration reads as follows:
"Our first priority has always been and will continue to be our employees and our customers. We want to share with you some of the steps we take to support this mission. We have strong relationships with the CDC and local health departments and are according to their orientation. "
According to Dothan, Alabama OutletWDHN: "The statement continues to provide clients that restaurants will continue to focus on their current frequent protocols.hand washingStandard food safety protocols and not allowing our associates to work when they are sick. "
