Assam: ASDMA issues coronavirus prevention advisory to apartment societies for visitor's protocol

GUWAHATI: Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) has issued a coronavirus prevention advisory to apartment societies for enforcing a visitors’ protocol, which will limit access to the apartment only after taking full details of the visitor, including travel history of them, if any.
The societies have been asked to discuss with all resident families to give mandatory leave with pay to domestic help, who work at multiple locations (except those who are staying within the apartment)
“The apartment societies shall refrain from organizing any community event, religious events or any other event that may require gathering of more than five people at a time,” the advisory states.
The advisory also has asked the apartment societies to shut down common activities like park, swimming pool and fitness centers, cleaning of common premises, mechanism for contactless delivery and ensuring stricter implementation of home quarantine.
“Each apartment society shall enforce hand washing at the time of entry for all types of visitors and even for the families residing within when they come from outside,” the advisory states.
The societies have been asked to carry out disinfection measures, at least three times a day, particularly for lift buttons, handrails in the staircases, gates and grills and all other such areas within the apartment and “as far as possible instruction should be given to visitors to avoid touching anything in the common premises.”
“The apartment society shall take measures to ensure contact less delivery by placing delivery baskets at the security points. Or the families should be asked pick up deliveries outside the gate. Necessary disinfection should be carried out for any packet received,” the advisory adds.
On ensuring strict implementation of home quarantine the advisory says, “The managing committee shall collect all relevant information about the health, travel location and duration of all the residents. If any resident has a travel history to COVID-19 affected places or are being advised for self-quarantine, the management committee shall ensure the same while also maintaining confidentiality and not hurting or disrespecting the self-respect of such residents. Further, if any person is being asked for self-quarantine.”
The societies will have to support the home quarantined person in accessing daily necessities such as groceries, medicines etc, the advisory adds.