THREE staff members are self-isolating after a fellow employee at a Wetherspoon pub tested positive for Covid-19.

The employee at the Black Bull Inn tested positive for the virus on September 30.

In accordance with NHS guidelines, the employee has been required to self-isolate for the requisite 10 day period.

A spokesperson for Wetherspoon said: "Wetherspoon has notified Public Health Wales of the positive result. We wish the employee a full and speedy recovery.

"As a precaution, in accordance with public health guidelines, three other members of staff who may have come into close contact with the employee have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days. Close contact means being within two metres of a person who tested positive for the virus for 15 minutes or more or within one metre for one minute or more.

"Since reopening, Wetherspoon has operated comprehensive social distancing and hygiene practices in all its pubs.

"These include; reduced capacity levels, the spacing out of tables, the installation of a number of floor screens between tables and the addition of till-surround screens to the bar. Staff are conducting regular surface cleaning and numerous hand sanitisers have been installed in each pub.

"While it is not possible to create an entirely risk-free environment, adherence to social distancing guidelines and rigorous implementation of hygiene standards minimises the risk."