The Commissionerate police on Monday ordered special measures to check spread of the Coronavirus.
In consultation with the municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, the police enforced social distancing measures by preventing people from congregating in large numbers.
All shopping malls in the jurisdiction of the Twin City Police Commissionerate would remain closed till March 31.
The closure order in respect of malls would not cover shops and commercial establishments selling groceries, vegetables, fruits, milk, medicines and other daily essential requirements
All commercial establishments, Government offices would have to take strict social distancing measures like:
(1) Limit the number of persons entering into their premises at any given time.
(2) Ask customers and employees to maintain six-feet distance.
(3) Don’t hold any promotional events, workshops, entertainment programmes, non-essential meetings and conferences, etc.
(4) Owners, occupants, managers of such commercial establishments/offices must ensure strict hand hygiene and respiratory etiquettes of their employees and provide for hand-wash with soaps and water and/or alcohol-based sanitization liquids. They would also ensure sanitisation of table surfaces, doorknobs, light switches, handles, phones, keyboards, toilets, etc.
(5) Not permit any employee with fever and dry-cough to work in their premises.
The order came into effect from Monday. Any establishment office failing to comply with the orders shall be liable to fine/prosecution/closure as may be considered necessary under the law. All police officers above the rank of ASIs may visit any such establishment and initiate appropriate legal action for violation of the order.