Britains restaurants and bars can serve indoors again for the first time in five months on Monday. Many of them are struggling to find enough staff after Brexit and three lockdowns in a year drove workers out of the industry.

On Friday, as weeks of social isolation eased a bit in northern Virginia and life took another small step toward normalcy, Mehmet Coskun stood in his cafe, East West Coffee and Wine, and counted maybe 15 patrons seated inside.