Introduction:

places: 

1) It should be made mandatory to wear the mask by the employees and workers.

2) Check the temperature of employees with a thermal thermometer device to ensure employees are not carrying any infection. 

3) Provide employees with tissues and waste bins lined with plastic bags so that they can be emptied without contacting the contents.

4) Provide soap and water or alcohol-based hand rubs in multiple locations at the workplace and in common areas to encourage hand hygiene. Instruct employees and workers to clean hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.

5) Along with routine environmental cleaning, special efforts should be taken to clean the workstations, countertops, and door handles. Provide disposable wipes so that commonly used surfaces such as doorknobs, keyboards, remote controls, desks can be wiped by employees as well as workers.

6) Brief the employees and workers and in some cases, contractors and customers that anyone with even a mild cough or low-grade fever needs to stay home. They should join the workplace after getting a certificate from a registered medical practitioner.

7) If it is feasible for the business, promote teleworking across an organization, and allow employees to work flexible hours to minimize crowding at the workplace.

8) Encourage employees to eat food at their desks or workstation. Make tea/coffee available at the desk.  Make the employees aware of the benefits of eating healthy food and avoid eating any such products which will cause cough, cold, and fever. Conduct webinars on nutrition and exercise, mental health, and social wellbeing.

Care to be taken while organizing meetings:

1) Develop a preparedness plan to prevent infection at your meeting. 

2) Consider whether a face-to-face meeting or event is needed. Could it be replaced by a teleconference or online event?

3) Could the meeting be scaled down so that fewer people attend?

4) Ensure that the plan and meeting are communicated to health care authorities.

5) Make sure that all participants and organizers provide contact details (mobile number, email id, and address). State clearly that their contact details will be shared with local public health care authorities if any participant becomes ill with suspected infectious disease.

6) During the meeting provide information or a briefing preferably in writing and less orally. 

7) Build trust, for example, avoids handshakes and say hello without touching. 

8) Arrange seats with 2 meters of distance between each. 

9) Provide dispensers of hand-rubs prominently around the venue along with dustbins.

10) Encourage participants to cover their faces while sneezing with tissue or crook of their elbow. Keep the venue well ventilated. If anyone feels unwell, follow your preparedness plan.

After the meeting, retain the details of the participants for at least one month. This will help the health authorities to trace people who may have been exposed to the infection if one or more participants become ill shortly after the event.

If someone attending the meeting or event was isolated as suspected COVID-19 case, the organizer should inform to all other participants. They should be advised to monitor themselves for symptoms for 14 days. 

Handling post, packages, or food packets: There is no perceived increase in risk for handling post or package. But hand sanitization is advisable.