The Fact News Service
Chandigarh, May 9
For the safe functioning of government offices during the Covid-19 epidemic, the Punjab Government has issued guidelines to ensure the safety and preventive measures for its employees.
The Government has instructed appointment of a nodal officer in each office to regularly monitor the health of employees. As per guidelines, seating arrangements should be made in offices by ensuring a distance of at least two metres between employees. In addition, the offices should not be crowded and rules regarding maintaining social distance should be enforced in all cases.
Also, the guidelines suggested that much as possible, office work should be done through e-office, emails, telephone, SMS, WhatsApp and other electronic media and all government meetings should be held by video-conferencing.
Hand sanitising stations should be set up on the office premises, especially near entrances and high contact surfaces. Alcohol-based sanitisers (at least 70 per cent ethyl alcohol) should be placed at the entrance of the office for the staff to wash their hands thoroughly before entering the office, the guidelines stated.
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