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The Directorate of Health Services has forwarded the social distancing measures issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
Social distancing is a non-pharmaceutical infection prevention and control intervention implemented to avoid or decrease contact between those who are infected with a disease causing pathogen and those who are not infected.
All these proposed interventions will be in force till March 31, 2020 following which they will be reviewed. DHS has appealed to the general public to avoid public outings and gatherings. It has been recommended that one metre distance must be maintained during commercial activities.
Non-essential travel should be avoided. People have been asked to avoid shaking hands and hugging as a matter of greeting.
GAD instructions
Meanwhile, the General Administration Department has issued instructions as preventive measures against COVID-19 to all government employees.
Departments have been requested not to convene meetings unless urgent and not to ask the Heads of Departments or Directorate officials to visit the Secretariat in a routine manner.
All Government departments have been requested to instruct their staff to remain at home if they have symptoms such as cold, fever, cough, shortness of breath, breathing difficulties etc,
in order to stop the spread of the virus and advised to take appropriate medical care through doctors.
All staff members are requested to frequently wash their hands with soap at least for 20 seconds as a precaution against the spread of the virus.
