NDMC to malls, restaurants, hotels: Keep sanitisation facility at entry points, avoid gathering

Amid coronavirus cases reported in the national capital, the civic body in north Delhi on Monday issued an order to owners of hotels, guest houses, malls, restaurants and other recreational establishments to ensure that proper sanitisation facility is available at entry points of their premises.

The order from the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) also said that these establishments should ensure no crowding or gathering at one particular site.

The Delhi government on Thursday had declared coronavirus an epidemic and shut all cinema halls, schools and colleges, except those where exams are on, till March 31.

"All the hotel, motel, guest houses will ensure that proper sanitisation facility (washing with soap and water/alcohol-based sanitiser) is available at the entry point of their respective establishments. Further, they will also ensure that there is no crowding or gathering at one particular site in the premises," the NDMC order said.

The same directions have been sent to owners of malls, banquet halls, eateries, and to market trader associations and RWAs.

"No person will commit breach of any kind of the directions given above and if he does so, it shall be deemed to be committed an offence under section 188 of the IPC and will be prosecuted," the order said.

All directions will be enforced till March 31, the order issue by the municipal health officer of the NDMC said.

Delhi has seen seven positive cases including a patient who died till March 15. Of these, two persons who had earlier tested positive for COVID-19 and were admitted to hospitals have been discharged following treatment, the Delhi Health Department said in a statement on Sunday.

The Delhi government has also made it compulsory to disinfect all public places, including government and private offices and shopping malls, every day in the national capital.