Union Government today issued a list of National Directives for COVID-19 management prohibiting spitting and making face covers compulsory. Home Ministry, in its directives, have made wearing of face cover in work places and public places compulsory.

No organization and manager of public spaces shall allow gathering of five or more persons. Gatherings such as marriages and funerals shall remain regulated by the District Magistrate. Spitting in public places will be punishable with a fine and there will be a strict ban on sale of items such as liquor, gutka and tobacco.

Government has directed all work places to have adequate arrangements for temperature screening and provide sanitizers at convenient places. Work places should have a gap of one hour between shifts and should stagger the lunch breaks of staff to ensure social distancing. Government has also asked work places to encourage use of Arogya Setu for all employees, both private and public.

All organizations shall sanitize their work places between shifts and large meetings are to be prohibited. For manufacturing establishments, frequent cleaning of common surfaces and hand washing are mandatory. There should be no overlap of shifts.