PUBS in the area are growing increasingly worried about the 'pingdemic' affecting their businesses.
Venues across Dorset have been struggling in the wake of July 19's 'Freedom Day' as more and more people are having to self isolate as a result of coming into contact with someone with Covid-19 - an issue which has been dubbed 'the pingdemic'.
Many pubs and restaurants have suffered from a lack of staff recently and some have even had to close for short periods due to the lack of people on the books, with the prevalence of self isolating only exasperating this problem.
The Pymore Inn, in Pymore, has had three members of staff pinged by the NHS app in recent weeks.