Deliveroo and Just Eat have issued guidance on how their riders can stay safe and make food deliveries without touching restaurant packaging. Any risk from touching infected objects or surfaces can be pretty much eliminated by washing your hands and not touching your face. Image source, Getty Images Should I eat with my hands?

If you get a takeaway delivery, the risk of packaging contamination can be minimised. The Food Standards Agency does stress the risk from food is low and "there is no reason to avoid having ready-to-eat food delivered if it has been prepared and handled properly".

Our product picks are editor-tested, expert-approved. We may earn a commission through links on our site. Apr 23, m-gucci Ordering takeout or delivery food during the coronavirus COVID can feel like criminal activity. There's a sense of trepidation involved, nerves are highand everyone is wearing masks. We're just trying to put food on the table, you think. Except that much of the fear of picking up and taking out restaurant meals during the pandemic is overblown, at least according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as click as the World Health Organization.

UberEats published their safety guidelines and insists they are working to provide drivers with cleaning supplies. Disposing of all packaging and washing your hands after collecting your takeout is another simple way to reduce your risk of infection.

While we can easily avoid contracting COVID by ordering meals to our doors, what does this pandemic mean for the restaurants and delivery drivers we order from? While some kitchens may be enforcing rules about keeping a distance from other workers and providing adequate protective materials, some are not.

A New York Times article states that the most vulnerable to catching coronavirus are those whose jobs involve providing care and service to others but are not receiving care for themselves. And for most of these people, it's a choice between going to work source putting themselves at risk, or being unemployed. On the other hand, with the food industry quickly crumbling, ordering takeout is one of the few ways to support these workers.

One study from restaurant analysts estimates that 75 percent of the independent restaurants that have closed during the pandemic may not reopen, even with intervention from local and state governments.

This is disastrous for the millions of already unemployed restaurant workers who will not be able to go back to work when the country eventually opens for business again. And the thought of a post-pandemic restaurant culture without some of our most-loved local businesses is a sobering one.

How can we help restaurant workers?

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