Gurgaon: Employees should avoid going to offices if a person shows COVID-like symptoms, the Gurgaon health department said in an advisory on Tuesday, at a time when businesses across the city have returned to work-to-office schedules. .
Gurgaon, like many NCR In cities, daily infections have seen a spurt for the past one week. On Tuesday, the city added nearly 200 (198) new cases for the second day in a row, and its active infections (868) touched levels not seen since late February.
“No symptomatic person should be allowed in the offices. If an employee tests positive, ensure strict isolation of positive cases and test close contacts or suspects,” Dr. Virendra YadavChief Medical Officer (CMO) Gurgaon. He said that staff should be deployed in offices to ensure thermal scanning, physical distancing and wearing of masks by all.
The office management in the city told TOI that they are ensuring the protocol is followed to prevent any spread of the virus. some said they are asking employees to take covid Testing before attending personal meetings. “We have a few meetings of our team in the coming days and keeping in mind the increase in the cases of Kovid, everyone who attends these meetings will have to get their Kovid test done. The office will bear the expenses. We have thermal screening in place and wearing of face masks is mandatory,” said Manas PhuloriaCEO of Nagaro, an IT services and consulting firm with its office in Sector 18. The company is operating in a hybrid mode, with two days a week in the office.
Those who have to go to offices said the advice was a “good move” by the city administration.
“At least now if we have flu-like symptoms, we can stay at home and other people will not get infected,” said Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sector 30, who works in an IT firm in the city.
South-City-1 resident Anita Kaul, who works at a bank, also said she feels more “comfortable” now that the mask mandate is back. She was referring to the Haryana government’s decision this week to make masks mandatory in NCR districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar. “This is the only thing that works to curb the virus,” said Kaul, who goes to the bank twice a week.
On Tuesday, the department also included in its advisory suggestions for parents not to send children to schools if minors show flu-like symptoms.
“We urged parents to keep their children at home if they have flu symptoms. If a child tests positive, ensure that the child is kept in home isolation for seven days and suspected close contacts should be tested,” the CMO said.
Most of the schools that opened at full capacity for the new academic session this month said they have also recommended parents to monitor the health of children before allowing them to attend physical classes.
Gurgaon, like many NCR In cities, daily infections have seen a spurt for the past one week. On Tuesday, the city added nearly 200 (198) new cases for the second day in a row, and its active infections (868) touched levels not seen since late February.
“No symptomatic person should be allowed in the offices. If an employee tests positive, ensure strict isolation of positive cases and test close contacts or suspects,” Dr. Virendra YadavChief Medical Officer (CMO) Gurgaon. He said that staff should be deployed in offices to ensure thermal scanning, physical distancing and wearing of masks by all.
The office management in the city told TOI that they are ensuring the protocol is followed to prevent any spread of the virus. some said they are asking employees to take covid Testing before attending personal meetings. “We have a few meetings of our team in the coming days and keeping in mind the increase in the cases of Kovid, everyone who attends these meetings will have to get their Kovid test done. The office will bear the expenses. We have thermal screening in place and wearing of face masks is mandatory,” said Manas PhuloriaCEO of Nagaro, an IT services and consulting firm with its office in Sector 18. The company is operating in a hybrid mode, with two days a week in the office.
Those who have to go to offices said the advice was a “good move” by the city administration.
“At least now if we have flu-like symptoms, we can stay at home and other people will not get infected,” said Ajay Kumar, a resident of Sector 30, who works in an IT firm in the city.
South-City-1 resident Anita Kaul, who works at a bank, also said she feels more “comfortable” now that the mask mandate is back. She was referring to the Haryana government’s decision this week to make masks mandatory in NCR districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar. “This is the only thing that works to curb the virus,” said Kaul, who goes to the bank twice a week.
On Tuesday, the department also included in its advisory suggestions for parents not to send children to schools if minors show flu-like symptoms.
“We urged parents to keep their children at home if they have flu symptoms. If a child tests positive, ensure that the child is kept in home isolation for seven days and suspected close contacts should be tested,” the CMO said.
Most of the schools that opened at full capacity for the new academic session this month said they have also recommended parents to monitor the health of children before allowing them to attend physical classes.