Summary:
Gurgaon: With Diwali round the corner, the Gurgaon district health department on Tuesday issued an advisory anticipating “gathering of a large number of people for worship, fairs & various festival functions”.
Pointing towards the rise in cases, the advisory placed a prohibition on “pooja or any festivity event” in containment zones and directed people to not “move unnecessarily out of home”.
It also “strictly advised” people above 60 years of age with comorbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 to stay at home.
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Gurgaon: With Diwali round the corner, the Gurgaon district health department on Tuesday issued an advisory anticipating “gathering of a large number of people for worship, fairs & various festival functions”.
Pointing towards the rise in cases, the advisory placed a prohibition on “pooja or any festivity event” in containment zones and directed people to not “move unnecessarily out of home”.
It also “strictly advised” people above 60 years of age with comorbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 to stay at home.
Stressing that strict social distancing protocols need to be followed during the festivities, the advisory further added that staggered timings and restricted entries should be considered for events, volunteers should be stationed to ensure thermal scanning, physical distancing, and the wearing of a mask.
Closed-circuit cameras should also be “considered to monitor compliance of physical distance norms and the wearing of mask in crowded places.”
“Separate entry and exit must be ensured entrance to have mandatory hand hygiene thermal scanning and wearing of mask…No symptomatic person should be allowed in public places.
Effective disinfection of surfaces must be ensured…No touch practice must be followed at all religious places.” States the advisory.
For individuals, the guidelines state that distance of 6 feet must be maintained in public places, and use of face cover or mask as well as abiding by “respiratory etiquettes” is mandatory.