Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

■ Safety rules for reopening restaurant­s, stores and hair salons.

- By Susannah Bryan

The big Phase 1 reopening is set for Monday for hair salons, restaurant­s and stores across South Florida. And to help prevent the spread of the coronaviru­s, they’re being asked to follow new safety guidelines.

Here they are:

Hair salons, barber shops and nail salons

■ Limit occupancy to 50% of building capacity.

■ Require patrons to make appointmen­ts.

■ Schedule 15 minutes between appointmen­ts to allow time for proper disinfecti­ng of the area.

■ Avoid group appointmen­ts that increase occupancy during the same time periods.

■ Regularly sanitize working stations and equipment between customers.

■ Unless there are walls between work stations and chairs, customers ought to stay 6 feet apart.

■ Require all employees to wear face masks and face coverings while inside or within close proximity of customers.

■ Encourage customers to wear face masks or face coverings when entering the premises. Provide face masks or face coverings upon request, if available.

■ After each customer, equipment, instrument­s, smocks, linens and the work area should be sanitized.

■ Hand sanitizers must be placed at the entrance and customers must sanitize their hands upon entering.

Restaurant­s

On May 11, restaurant­s in Palm Beach County were permitted to open at 25% capacity. On Monday, restaurant­s across the state, including Broward and MiamiDade, can open at 50% capacity.

Restaurant­s are being asked to follow these rules:

■ Employees must wash their hands and use facial coverings. That includes workers in direct contact with customers as well as employees who prepare and handle food.

■ Food preparers are encouraged to wear gloves.

■ Employees with symptoms of COVID-19, including fever, cough or shortness of breath, will be immediatel­y sent home.

■ All tables and chairs, whether indoor or outdoor, should be at least 6 feet apart between parties.

■ Bar counters should remain closed.

■ Groups need to be capped at 10 people.

■ Hand sanitizer has to be readily available.

■ Restaurant­s should provide disposable menus or digital menus that are sanitized after each use.

■ Restaurant­s should provide physical guides, using tape on floors or sidewalks, to ensure that customers remain at least 6 feet apart when standing in line.

■ Customers must wait in their cars or away from the establishm­ent while waiting for a table or to pick up food.

■ To avoid the use of buzzers, patrons should be alerted by phone when their table or food is ready.

■ Buffets and salad bars must remain closed.

■ Self-service drink stations must be washed and sanitized frequently.

■ Lemons, unwrapped utensils and unwrapped straws must be removed from drink stations.

Stores

■ Stores should limit the number of customers inside a store at any given time, excluding employees and third-party delivery companies, to a maximum of 25% maximum occupancy.

■ Food courts in shopping malls must have at least 6 feet between tables.

■ Stores should establish one-way aisles and traffic patterns for social distancing.

■ Do not allow self-serve products, including perfume testers, in order to limit customer contact with retail products before purchasing.

■ The rules prohibit the use of reusable bags since reusable bags can carry COVID-19.

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