‘Hotels in the national capital will open as per Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) issued by the central government’, said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Saturday, his remarks come a day after the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) issued a slew of anti-COVID-19 measures for opening of hotels in the city.

“Hotels in Delhi will open as per SOPs issued by the central government and weekly markets will begin functioning while maintaining social distancing”, news ageny ANI quoted Jain as saying.

Jain said that the hotels will open as per the SOPs issued by the central government and weekly markets will begin functioning if maintain social distance.

The order issued by DDMA said that hotels will be permitted to operate throughout the National Capital Territory of Delhi in all areas, except the containment zones, subject to strict compliance of standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on June 4, 2020, and other instructions and guidelines of Government of India and Government of NCT of Delhi from time to time. 

WEEKLY MARKETS

Markets will open on a trial basis from august 24-30 and directed authorities to ensure strict implementation of anti-COVID-19 measures, including social distancing. These markets will not be allowed in containment zones.

Meanwhile, speaking about the COVID-19 situation in Delhi, the health minister said that Kejriwal-led government is trying to minimise the death rate. In the last 24 hours, the capital city has recorded 1,250 new positive cases 1,082 recoveries and 13 deaths. There are 11,426 active cases in Delhi at present, said Jain. 

HOTELS IN MUMBAI

Guests are welcomed in the Meluha hotel with a manual sanitising spray machine. Even the floors are layered with a sanitised rug to ensure hat the shoes of those walking into the hotel get a cleansing.

In the lobby, the visitors are first directed to a ‘hand-sanitisation zone’, a contact-less, foot-operated stand disposing hand sanitiser, followed by a ‘temperature screening zone’ where staff wield infra-red thermometers. Each item touched by the guest or staff during that interaction, including documents, is put into a UV sterilisation box that sanitises the objects “within 3 minutes”.

At any time of the day, the staff can be seen cleaning—any of the many “contact”surfaces inthe141-room, seven-storey,10-year-oldhotel, from door handles to lift buttons. There are mainly three types of guests — those in quarantine after a domestic or international trip, people who have come to Mumbai for medical treatment, and those seeking a break from home.