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Chinese bars desperate for customers amid the coronavirus outbreak are delivering booze specials to partiers holed up indoors, according to a report.

Some watering holes in the Chinese city of Guangzhou have begun offering home-delivery happy hour drinks to customers — with one establishment transporting margaritas in jars, CNBC reported.

Bandidos, a Guangzhou eatery, has been offering a 25-yuan ($3.58) margarita special in a jar between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. local time, the report said. To order, customers contact employees from the bar via WeChat to request the drinks.

Hope and Seasame, a top-ranked jazz bar, now offers bottled versions of its cocktails, CNBC reported.

Meanwhile, the gin bar Evening Standard has launched a delivery menu as well for its alcoholic beverages.

“At least (delivery) is better than nothing,” the owner, Philip, told CNBC.

Another bar owner, who declined to be identified, said the booze delivery service “doesn’t compare with being open.”

“We aren’t profitable doing this,” the owner told the outlet.

Guangzhou has temporarily banned people from eating in restaurants as it tries to contain the spread of the virus, South China Morning Post reported. Customers, however, are still allowed to pick up takeaway orders or have their meals delivered.

The efforts to curb the spread of the virus, known as COVID-19, come as more than 71,000 people have been infected.

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