McDonald’s UK announced that they will be handing out free drinks to NHS workers, social care staff, and emergency services personnel.

The fast-food giant announced that the kind gesture is a way for them to thank and reward people that are working around the clock during the pandemic.

To thank our emergency services, health and social care workers for all your amazing work in keeping us all safe, just show your work ID in a restaurant and have any free drink on us pic.twitter.com/6YlIwBe7eu

— McDonald's UK (@McDonaldsUK) March 18, 2020

The announcement was made by McDonald’s in a statement.

The statement said:

“We want to use our UK and Ireland footprint to thank, reward and support the health and care workers doing an incredible job in difficult and unprecedented times. This offer is a token of our appreciation for the tireless work that these professionals are carrying out in the communities in which we operate. From today we are offering free drinks for those workers in our restaurants and Drive Thrus, on sight of their work pass.”

The free drinks are available for the staff from the NHS, council, and emergency services.

Medical workers can get drinks, which include hot drinks such as coffee and hot chocolate, for free.

The offer will be available until the government of the United Kingdom will allow the restaurants in the country to stay open.

As part of the precautionary measures, McDonald’s announced that they will be closing seating areas, which means they are currently only available through Drive-Thru and McDelivery.

On March 18, 2020, the change was enforced to stop the spread of the pandemic.

An update from us. pic.twitter.com/89K8oDTChz

— McDonald's UK (@McDonaldsUK) March 17, 2020

Paul Pomroy, the boss of McDonald’s the UK and Ireland, said, “The wellbeing of our employees, customers, and suppliers remains of the greatest importance to us and these changes are designed with you all in mind. We have not taken this decision lightly and will continue to review this over the coming days.”

McDonald’s recently announced that they will be delaying the Monopoly Promotion of this year.

In a statement that was released by McDonald’s, they said, “This year’s prizes include a number of luxury holidays, European city breaks and cruises which will have all been impacted by current and ongoing restrictions on international travel. Following conversations with our suppliers and prize partners, we feel it is appropriate to delay the promotion until later this year.”

They added, “I apologize for any disappointment caused by this update and I look forward to Monopoly returning to our restaurants as soon as possible.”

Such a classy act by McDonald’s!

Thanks for the constant work guys, you guys deserve everything in the world right now.