RESTAURANTS

nnRestaurants will operate with 30% to 50% reduced seating capacity Staff will wear face shields, masks and gloves

All guests will be thermally screened and seated at alternate tables

No more than four people will be allowed at one table

nnnnUV light filters and air purifiers will be installed Cutlery and crockery will be kept in a sanitising box

The entire premises will be sanitised thoroughly at regular intervals every day The option of viewing the be menu on a phone will also made available

nnHARSHVARDHAN BANSAL, owner, Unity Mall Group

nnThe number of visitors will be reduced by 50% across premises, retail stores, etc at Visitors will be allowed in staggered times be Adequate manpower will deployed to ensure that social distancing norms are followed

All visitors will be seated at alternate tables in food courts

Floors, doorknobs, lifts, elevator buttons, walls, toilets and handrails will be sanitised frequently

Visitors will have to maintain 2m distance while queuing up for entry

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There will be separate entry and exit points in every mall and all employees will be required to wear face shields and masks. Visitors will be thermally screened at every entry point and guards will wear PPE kits.

Visitors will undergo thermal screening at every entry point and guards will also wear personal protective equipment kits, if required,” he said.

A spokesperson at Select City Walk mall said they have prepared SOPS which include markings on the floor to help visitors and retail outlets maintain social distancing.

“Parking will be restricted and will be kept to 50% of the total capacity, and we are looking at having contactless service. There will also be proper markings at counters and cash registers to prevent crowding, Plexiglas shields at all checkout points are also being looked into. Markings for social distancing will be made on escalators; whereas elevators will operate with a maximum of four people at a time,” the spokesperson said.

“We will have isolation rooms and various retail outlets are formulating guidelines on the trials and return / exchange of products and will be as per the policies of individual brands,” the person said.

Gupta said that the order also restricted the testing for direct and high-risk contacts only to those who are diabetic, have hypertension or cancer, and are senior citizens.

“The change will only make it more difficult for asymptomatic people that have been exposed to infected people to be tested. That earlier, family members living in the same house or doctors and health care workers exposed to a Covid-19 patient were tested even if they were asymptomatic...,” the plea read.

Meanwhile, another plea was filed in the Delhi High Court by an ENT doctor, Manni Hingorani, seeking to test asymptomatic patients who are going in for surgery. Both matters are likely to be heard on June 9.