The Higher Health Institute (ISS) and
workplace accident insurance agency INAIL have published a
document with rules for the restaurants that are set to reopen
in phase two of the coronavirus emergency.
Obligatory Bookings.
It says the space for each customer must be more than
trebled, taking it from 1.2 metres to four, while buffet
services must be eliminated.
The document also stressed the importance of introducing
obligatory bookings.
Revised Layout.
"The layout of restaurants should be revised, guaranteeing
distancing between tables of no less than two metres, given the
space of movement for the personnel, and guaranteeing that there
is a distance between clients during the meal (which is
necessarily without a facemask) that is sufficient to avoid the
transmission of droplets and contact between people, including
indirectly via crockery and cutlery," it reads.
A maximum capacity limit must be set, allocating at least
four square metres per customer, except for where it is possible
to adopt organizational measures such as divider barriers.
No Buffets.
It says no to "buffets or similar services".
Assemblage.
Bookings should "preferably be obligatory" to prevent the
"assemblage of people waiting outside".
Masks Before and After the Meal.
Customers will have to wear facemasks before and after the
meal at the table, for example, when paying at the till or using
the bathroom.
Electronic Payments.
Electronic payments should be favoured, with the use of
contactless mechanisms and dividing barriers in the payment
areas, where necessary.
Non-traditional Menus.
The document also suggests the use of "alternative,
non-traditional menu-presentation formats", for example with
menus written on blackboards, printed on single-use paper or
visible via apps and websites.
Hygiene
It is also necessary to make hygienizing products available
for clients and staff at various points within the
establishment, especially near the bathrooms, which must be
frequently cleansed.
Another important aspect is the need to change the air inside
the restaurants.
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