Most of South Africa may be moved to Level 3 of lockdown, which would allow for the easing of some restrictions and enable bottle stores to sell booze.
While the rest of the country lays out a staggered and staged return to normality, the Northern Territory is getting ready to celebrate its newfound status as “the safest place in Australia”. On Friday, the territory’s premier – albeit only – newspaper The NT Times heralded the Top End’s reopening of pubs as a “historic day”.
Manitoba has added 216 provincial employees to the ranks of enforcement officers enlisted to enforce public health orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic — but the vast majority of the staff remain police officers who have other duties.
A new e-learning alcohol awareness programme ‘Smashed Online’ has been launched by Collingwood Learning, which is being offered to schools for free to allow them to continue teaching PSHE education.
Pour one out for Mexico’s national beer supply. Our neighbor to the south has deemed the suds industry nonessential in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, and beer brewers there have largely shut down.
A South African couple have died after drinking home-brewed beer made because of the country's strict alcohol restrictions.
LA LOCHE, Sask. — The Saskatchewan government says it has agreed to a request from a northern community to suspend alcohol sales in order to help control the spread of COVID-19.
It is a symbol of British culture, but the pub faces a crisis of survival in the coronavirus pandemic: thousands face closure, while gallons of beer, ale, cider and other drinks in stock have gone waste - including in many ‘desi pubs’ in London and elsewhere.
Long lines for liquor have been a constant fixture in states where stores have opened, with people waiting in line for many hours to stock up.
London’s craft brewers are turning to mini-kegs to help keep them afloat as lockdown continues across the UK.