A NEWPORT pub has reopened after closing for a deep clean following a customer's positive coronavirus test.

Managers at the Friendly Fox in Caerphilly Road, Bassaleg, closed the premises after being made aware that a customer who visited last Friday, August 21, had since tested positive.

The pub reopened at 5pm today, August 26.

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In a post on its Facebook page, the venue broke the news and advised that anyone who was there last Friday will be contacted through the track and trace system.

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The statement posted on the pub's Facebook page

They also stated that they had contacted the Welsh Government and the NHS for advice and guidance, and followed that advice.