Lockdown in Tamil Nadu prolonged until March 31, staggered working hours for workplaces

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Image Source : FILE/PTI Lockdown in Tamil Nadu prolonged until March 31
The Tamil Nadu authorities on Sunday introduced the extension of the lockdown within the state until March 31, in view of the rising coronavirus instances. Offices, retailers and industrial and industrial institutions will proceed with staggered working hours. According to the state well being ministry, Tamil Nadu recorded 479 contemporary coronavirus instances and three extra deaths, taking the general caseload to eight.51 lakh and the toll to 12,496.

RESTRICTIONS FOR WORKPLACES

Staggering of labor/enterprise hours shall be adopted in workplaces, work locations, retailers, markets and industrial and institutions.
Provision for thermal scanning, hand wash or sanitizer shall be made in any respect entry factors and of hand wash of sanitizer at exit factors and customary areas.
Frequent sanitisation of complete office, widespread services and all factors which come into human contact e.g. door handles and many others, shall be ensured, together with between the shifts.
All individuals accountable for workplaces will guarantee ample distance between staff, gaps between shifts, staggering the lunch breaks of staffs and many others.
Containment zones, if required shall be fastidiously demarcated by the district authorities, on the micro degree, considering the rules prescribed by the Ministry of Health. Within the demarcated containment zones, containment measures, as prescribed by MoHFW, shall be scrupulously adopted.

It shall be the accountability of native district, police and municipal authorities to make sure that the prescribed containment measures are strictly adopted. The district administration shall guarantee accountability of the officers involved on this regard, a notification learn.

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