Hanoi allows reopening of indoor eating and drinking venues, hair salons

With the COVID-19 situation under control in Hanoi, municipal authorities have approved the reopening of indoor dining and drinking venues along with hair salons, effective from 0:00 on June 22.
Hanoi allows reopening of indoor eating and drinking venues, hair salons ảnh 1Indoor eating venues install shields to ensure COVID-19 prevention. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - With the COVID-19 situation under control in Hanoi,municipal authorities have approved the reopening of indoor dining and drinkingvenues along with hair salons, effective from 0:00 on June 22.

In a document signed by Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu XuanDung and issued late June 21, hair salons, and indoor dining and drinkingvenues were allowed to resume operations, nearly a month after receivingclosure orders.

Capacity is capped at 50 percent, no more than 20 customers can be in a venueat any time and venues are asked to set up barriers between tables and ensure asafe distance between customers. They must also close by 9pm.

The owners of all venues must require customers to submit electronic healthdeclarations during their time on the premises.

Wine bars, pubs, and bia hoi venues are only allowed to sell orders fordelivery.

Inspections by local authorities will be conducted regularly to enforce therules.

The city ordered the closure of massage venues, cinemas, spas, gyms on May 5,bars and bia hoi outlets on May 11, and forbade all restaurants and hair salonsfrom providing indoor services from May 25.

In addition to the lifting of closure orders, the city’s authorities noted manylocalities in the country are still suffering complicated COVID-19 outbreaksand people travelling from these areas constitute a high risk of virustransmission in the community.

The traffic police along with local authorities must step up patrols andinspections at gateways into the city to monitor the flow of people into thecity, especially arrivals from Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city, as well as BinhDuong, Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces.

Noi Bai International Airport was asked to review the list of all passengerswho arrive from HCM City and stay in Hanoi so proper pandemic measures can berolled out when necessary.

The health department was tasked with ensuring prevention of COVID-19 inmedical establishments, as well as carrying out frequent COVID-19 screening inhigh-risk areas./.
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