FRESH GUIDELINES

WORKPLACES:

Visitors should try to take off shoes in own vehicle

Touching of statues, idols, holy books, etc, not allowed

Choirs, singing groups not permitted

Offerings like prasad/ holy water not allowed

nnnnGuests to provide details such as travel history, medical condition, and fill selfdeclaration forms

Room service, takeaways to be encouraged

Frequently touched surfaces such as door knobs to be disinfected regularly

nnnsoaps (for at least 40-60 seconds); use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers; and covering mouth and nose while sneezing or coughing.

“This is an exhaustive list...

Only 50% of the seating capacity should be utilised

Disposable menus are recommended

Tables to be sanitised after every patron leaves

nnnSeparate entry, exit for visitors if possible

Gaming arcades, cinema halls to be shut

nnWe are working on some more (guidelines) that should be out in coming days,” said Lav Agarwal, joint secretary, Union health ministry.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Some people suspected to have fed a cracker-filled fruit that caused the death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala have been identified, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday even as activists alleged it was not the first such killing in the state and the Centre took “a serious note” of the incident. “Justice will prevail,” Vijayan tweeted amid an outpouring of grief over images that showed the elephant’s body in a river.

May 31 Jun 01