Odisha Assembly Issues Safety Guidelines for Prevention of Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Legislative Assembly today came up with the safety guidelines for the prevention of COVID-19 infection (Coronavirus). 

In order to maintain cleanliness and hygiene of the working space, furniture and equipment including tables, chairs, computers, phones and other assets are to be cleaned at least six times with disinfectants and sanitisers, the guidelines said. 

The Assembly also urged all the staffers and legislators  to clean their hands frequently with handwash/soaps. Handwash/soaps will also be kept in the washrooms and toilets on the premises.

Staffers/legislators are advised to use tissue papers in order to sneeze or cough. They are also barred from organizing meetings that will gather a lot of people. 

Staffers/legislators are also advised to avoid fingerprint-based biometric attendance used to register their presence.

Staffers/legislators suffering from, cold, cough and fever are advised to seek the help of the doctors present at the Assembly’s dispensary and consume the prescribed medicines.

Staffers/legislators are advised to throw used and unused substances in the dustbin and not littering the Assembly premise, the guidelines added. 

Odisha Assembly also imposed restrictions on the use of fingerprint-based biometric attendance during House proceedings.