Coffee shops on Ho Tung Mau Street in District 1, HCM City, in May 2021 (Source: VNA) Restaurants, cafes, and other food and beverages places can cater for sit-inservices again, but they must close at 9pm each day, the number of customers iscapped at 50 percent, and alcoholic drinks are still not allowed (except inwedding venues, or restaurants at hotels for tourists).
District 7 and Thu Duc city, due to their success in containing outbreaks, areallowed to carry out a ‘pilot’ period of selling alcoholic beverages startingtomorrow until November 15, with specific areas to be decided by localauthorities.
The two localities will report to the city’s authorities after November 15 toinform their decisions on whether to expand the permission to other localities.
Customers are expected to leave records of entry at each food and drinkestablishment using QR codes via the health declaration/medical surveillancesystem.
The establishments have to have proper food safety licences, separatesection/quarter for reception of food, full stock of soap and hand sanitationproducts, and register their venues at the address: antoan-covid-19.gov.vn.
Staff must have either received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine orrecovered from COVID-19 within six months. Frequent COVID-19 testing for staffis also required.
The HCM City’s Department of Industry and Trade will coordinate with suppliersto ensure the goods and raw materials for the city’s market, work with relevantauthorities to carry out inspections with regards to COVID-19 control andprevention compliance, according to the city’s decision.
Last week, HCM City People’s Committee announced the level of COVID-19 outbreakrisks in all 22 districts in the city (based on the number of new infections,vaccination rates, and healthcare capacity) with nine districts at level 1 (newnormal), 12 at level two (medium risk), and Binh Tan district the soledetermined to be at level three (high risk)./.
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