
Coronavirus is spreading all over the world, like wildfire. Does this have the potential to impact the scaffolding industry?
Worldwide there have been as many as 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and as ScaffMag goes to press, this highly infectious disease has already affected 90 people in the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, in its anxiety to slow down the spreading of this respiratory disease, the government laid down potentially drastic measures, and these will come in force if the situation gets worse. This includes the closing of schools, the cancellation of events, a ban on large public gatherings, and encouraging people to work from home. This is something that is not possible to do within the scaffolding or wider construction industry.
It is reported that 80{25a870a40f675627bf6df127f14ade9445b5e9406b919b8b24783bb600e57a9d} of the workers will not be able to work during the next few weeks as the outbreak peaks, including those in the scaffolding …