The owner of a fish and chip shop in Marlow has said he is ‘worried’, as the coronavirus could seriously impact his business.

Kedar Gore, who co-owns the Penguin Fish Bar on West Street in the town, revealed to the Bucks Free Press that after a

He said: “I’m trying to be positive and optimistic in this crisis.

“At the moment, we’re just taking it where it goes and last week.

“We spoke to the landlord and he said what happens to us will happen to everyone so at the moment, nobody knows.

“So far, we haven’t been effected as much as It’s not as bad as what I thought originally.

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“But from this week onwards, we just need to see what is going to happen because up until last week, everything was fine.

“It is worrying times for a business at the moment.”

Mr Gore’s comments were said on the same day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the public to refrain going to restaurants, pubs and any social events to try and combat the virus.

So far, there have been 189, 668 confirmed cases of the coronavirus across the globe, with 80,874 of those people making a full recovery.

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The Penguin Fish Bar in Marlow

However, there have been 7,513 deaths from the virus, with the first happening in the UK at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

Mr Gore continued: “We have a lot of elderly customers who come to us not only for the food, but also for a chat and if we shut, they’ll have nowhere else to go.

“We’re concerned for them and at the same time, we are concerned for us.

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“We don’t know how much the landlords are going to help us out in terms of money as it’s up in the air for them too, so nobody knows at the moment.

“But if we do have to close, how are we going to live? How are we going to make a living?

“The only way we can manage to live here is because the shop pays us the rent.

“Are the landlords going to accommodate us if we shut?”

“I’m jut keeping all my fingers crossed at the moment.”

Mr Gore has lived in the accommodation above the shop with his wife and 12-year-old son, since moving from Oxford 12 years ago.