New Delhi, ANI. New Guideline For Unlock 1: After the lockdown, the country is slowly opening up. From 8 June, hotels, restaurants and religious places will open to the general public. But to go here you have to follow the rules. For this, the Central Government has issued a guideline. Explain that the Ministry of Home Affairs had given permission to open dharmasthals, malls, restaurants and hotels in the rest of the country except the Containment Zone. The government had given permission to open these places from June 8 under Unlock-1.
The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has released a guideline on functioning on Thursday. It states that pregnant women, people above 65 years and people who already have serious illnesses, should avoid going to work. Physical distance, cleanliness, sanitization at the work place is also mentioned in the guidelines. It states that spitting in offices should be banned completely.
Guidelines (SOPs for the offices Workplaces )
It is necessary to have a sanitizer dispenser at the entry gate
It is necessary to have a sanitizer dispenser at the entry gate of the offices. Thermal screening should also be done here. Only those people who do not have symptoms of coronavirus should be allowed to come to the office. Staff living in the Containment Zone will have to inform their supervisor. He should not be allowed to come to the office until the containment zone is denotified.
Do not drive drivers living in the Containment Zone
Drivers must follow the regulations issued regarding physical distance and corona. Office officials, transport service providers will make sure that the drivers living in the container zone do not drive. Inside the car, its doors, steering, keys must be completely disinfected. This should be taken care of.
Special attention of pregnant women and aged employees
Pregnant women, aged employees, workers already facing diseases, take extra care. They should not be given such work in which people have direct contact. If possible, the management of offices should facilitate such people from work from home. Only those people who wear face masks should be allowed to come into offices. It is necessary to wear a face mask the whole time even within the office.
General entry of visitors, Temporary pass can be canceled
The common entry of visitors to the office, can be canceled at Temperary Pass. Visitors should be allowed to come only after getting this information with authorized approval and after meeting with which officer. It should be fully screened. The meetings should be conducted as far as possible through video conferencing. In offices, posters to protect against coronavirus infection, hoardings should be put in place.
Guidelines for religious places (SOPs for religious places)
Religious places within the Containment Zones will remain closed while religious places outside it will be allowed to open. The ministry says that a large number of people visit the shrine often, it is important that physical distance and other precautionary measures are followed at these campuses. Recorded devotional music can be played at religious sites, according to the SOP, but songs will not be allowed in the group to avoid the risk of infection.
No offerings like offerings will be offered at religious places
Devotees will have to bring their own pedestal or mat in place of using public postures at the shrine and take it back with them. There will not be offerings like offerings to the shrines, nor will the holy water be sprinkled or distributed. Standards of physical distance will be followed in the preparation and distribution of food for community kitchens, langar and grain donations etc.
Hand sanitizer and thermal screening required
All dharmasthalas will essentially ensure hand sanitizer and thermal screening at the entrance. Apart from this, only devotees will be allowed to enter the place without masking the symptoms. The devotees have been asked to go to the premises by washing their hands and feet with soap. Touching of statues and religious books will not be allowed at the shrine. Audio-video awareness of the precautionary measures of Kovid-19 will also be spread.
Have to take off the shoes
If possible, devotees will take their shoes and slippers in their vehicle. But the shoes or slippers of the person or family will be kept in separate slots by the devotee himself if required. Physical distance standards must be followed at all times in shops, stalls and cafeterias located within or outside the shrine. It has been said about air condition and ventilation that the temperature should be between 24 to 30 degree centigrade and relative humidity should be between 40 and 70 percent. Dharmasthala management will have to clean the floor and other surfaces regularly and get the disinfection done.
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Guideline for the restaurant (SOPs For Restaurants )
Encourage home delivery rather than eating in restaurants
Restaurants in the Containment Zone will remain closed. Can be opened outside it. Home delivery should be encouraged rather than eating in restaurants. Leave the packet at the door of the delivery house, do not handover. All employees must be screened before going to home delivery. Hand sanitization and thermal screening should be provided at the restaurant gate. Only unaccompanied staff and customers are allowed to enter the restaurant. Employees should be given entry only after applying mask or covering the face and should be wearing it the whole time.
Place posters and advertisements related to Corona prevention
Posters and advertisements related to the prevention of corona have to be prominently placed. The staff should be called keeping in mind the social distancing in the restaurant. Special precaution should be taken regarding high risk employees. Do not get work done in the place which comes in contact with more people than them. If possible, employees should be encouraged to work from home.
Physical distance should be taken care of in the restaurant
Physical distance should be taken care of in the restaurant premises, parking and surrounding areas. If there are more customers, they should be accommodated in the waiting area. Staff doing duty in the valet parking will be required to wear masks, hand galbs. Apart from parking, the car’s steering, gate handle have to be sanitized. To maintain social distancing in the restaurant premises, floor marking will have to be done. So that people can stand in line with the proper 6 feet distance.
There should be separate gates for customers to come and go.
The restaurant should have separate gates for customers to come and go. Proper distance between tables is also necessary. More than 50 percent of the restaurant’s seating capacity, people will not be able to sit and eat together. Restaurants can use dosposables to feed. Good quality napkins should be used instead of oil for washing hands. Customers and restaurants will also have to take care of social distancing during the buffet service. There will be a restriction on more people going to the elevator.
These for shopping malls guidelines (SOPs For Malls)
Shoppers in shopping malls have to be prevented from gathering crowds to ensure adherence to physical distance rules. The government has said that a limited number of people will also have to be fixed on the elevators. Shops will open inside the malls, but gaming arcades and children’s play areas and cinema halls will remain closed. Instructions to keep air conditioning 24 to 30 degrees and humidity 40 to 70 percent in shopping malls.
