F&B operators assessing customers’ Covid-19 risk level before allowing entry for dine-in
KUCHING: Food and beverage (F&B) operators are heeding the government’s call to play their part in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by checking customers’ risk profile before allowing entry for dine-in.
Western restaurant Oinks! at Jalan Song here told The Borneo Post yesterday that their staff would check a customer’s risk profile on the My Sejahtera app before allowing them to enter.
“We will check a customer’s risk level on their My Sejahtera profile. If they are classified as low risk, then we will allow them to enter for dine-in.
“If they are considered high risk, then we will stop them from dining in,” its management said in a Whatsapp reply when asked for comment on their initiative.
As for Chinese restaurant Hon Ang Restaurant at Mile 3 here, its manager Lawrence Ang said they are adhering strictly to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) when allowing dine-in service.
“We follow the governmentissued SOPs when opening our business and thus we do check our customers’ risk level as shown in their My Sejahtera app when they visit,” he said.
He added that many of their dine-in patrons have been with them for many years, to the point that he would know whether they had received their first or second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Sarawak is now in Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan, and the National Security Council has released detailed SOPs for the public to adhere to including ensuring only customers classified as ‘low risk’ and ‘casual contact low risk’ in the My Sejahtera app can enter a premises.
Customers classified as close contact, person-under surveillance or patient-under investigation are not allowed to enter a premises and must be reported to the divisional health office.