The Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India, to ensure safety and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Here are the main points for each sector you mentioned:
Restaurants:
- Ensure proper crowd management in parking lots and outside the premises.
- Adequate manpower shall be deployed by restaurant owners for ensuring social distancing norms.
- Staff for home deliveries to be screened thermally by the restaurant authorities prior to allowing home deliveries.
Shopping Malls:
- Entrance to have mandatory hand hygiene and thermal screening provisions.
- Only asymptomatic customers/visitors shall be allowed.
- All workers/customers/visitors to be allowed entry only if using face cover/masks.
Private Offices:
- Staggering of office hours and lunch hours of staff to be done.
- Meetings, as far as feasible, to be done through video conferencing.
- Large physical meetings to be avoided.
Religious Places:
- Touching of statues/idols/holy books not to be allowed.
- Common prayer mats to be avoided, and devotees should bring their prayer mat or piece of cloth which they may take back with them.
- Physical offerings like prasad/distribution or a sprinkling of holy water to not be allowed inside the religious place.
Note that these SOPs are subject to changes as per the latest updates from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. You can check the official website of the Ministry for the most recent guidelines at http://www.mohfw.gov.in.
Follow these guidelines to ensure safety at your establishment. Remember, the key is to maintain social distancing, ensure proper sanitization, and keep monitoring the health of your staff and visitors.