Red Lobster quarantine procedure

Jacob Charnow, Sports Editor|March 30, 2020

The Red Lobster restaurant in Paramus, New Jersey, in March.

Coronavirus has spread across the entire world, forcing entire countries to go into lockdown or make everybody stay in their homes in quarantine to stop the spread of the virus.

Coronavirus cases in the Pascack Valley as of 3/30

Woodcliff Lake: 19

Montvale: 24

Hillsdale: 24

River Vale: 15

Since in America, there is a national emergency declared by the President, people have wondered how businesses will handle this situation, more specifically, restaurants. One restaurant that has changed its protocol during this time is the Red Lobster in Paramus, New Jersey.

Red Lobster has completely shut down its entire dining room. Dine-in is no longer an option. The only options that are available are takeout, delivery, or curbside pick-up. This is to ensure that there is minimum contact done between people.

While business has decreased by about 80% in restaurants because of the virus, takeout orders have skyrocketed about 2000%.

“We are constantly sanitizing everything in the restaurant to make sure everything is clean and all the employees stay healthy,” said Percy, an employee at Red Lobster.

This is the approach many restaurants and businesses are taking and it is important that they remain to continue this procedure.

“In the kitchen, we are maintaining a policy where people remain at least six feet away from each other,” Percy continued.

While the quarantine remains in effect, restaurants and businesses will continue to follow protocol to remain clean as everybody tries to stop the spread of COVID-19 and end the pandemic.