Karachi: The Sindh government on Tuesday provided notification of its decision to reopen export-oriented units that provide an undertaking to abide ‘in letter and spirit’ with its communicated, coronavirus prevention, standard operating procedures (SoPs), according to news sources.
These SOPs make it mandatory for business owners to cover treatment expenses of their employees in case they contract COVID-19. To this effect, the province’s health authorities will conduct random tests from time to time to ensure health conditions at operating units. Moreover, the government has recommended for the employees over the age of 55 to not be called for work.
Sindh
Chief Secretary Mumtaz Ali Shah said that the industrialists were also bound to
offer details of their workers in the unit. Further, the Home Department has
ordered for only minimal staff to present for the permissible activities and to
exercise online/work from home method wherever feasible.
For
workplaces, the minimum distance required between individuals is over three
feet. The devices and equipment used by multiple people are to be disinfected
and overall clean and hygienic space is to be ensured for the workers.
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