Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said shopping malls, restaurants, wayside eateries, tea stalls, and hotels could admit customers from June 9 if they institutionalised the mandatory pandemic control measures prescribed by the Central and State governments. Employees have to wear masks and gloves, provide hand sanitisers to the public, and disinfect the premises regularly. Tea stalls and fruit juice vendors should sterilise glasses in hot water. Aged and childrenMr. Vijayan said persons above the age of 65, children below the age of 10, pregnant women and ill persons were barred from restaurants and malls and public places until further notice. Curbs at mallsMoreover, mall managements should not allow the air-conditioned atmospheric temperature inside malls to dip below 24-degree centigrade.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 16:05 UTC