Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MOHT) issued the health guidelines for hotels and motels

The Ministry of Hotels and Tourism has issued health guidelines for hotels and motels, which are not currently used as quarantine facilities, as the country aims to open its tourism industry with domestic tourism.

The guidelines include requiring hotels and guesthouses not to let guests stay in the establishment if he or she started to show the COVID-19 symptoms and temporarily isolate the suspected patients in a room until health authorities arrive.
Moreover, the guidelines also require hotels and motels to provide information such as preventive measures of the COVID-19, and contact and locations of hospitals and clinics at the reception as well as registering guests with fever and informing the local health authorities.

Furthermore, it also suggests to use standardize disinfection when disinfecting water in the pool and use the required temperature when washing dishes and clothing, and the right amount of proportion for cleansing and disinfection liquid.
Restaurants, bars, and public restrooms are also required to place hand sanitizer, hand dryer, and paper tissue.

The buffet restaurants are no longer allowed to let customers pick their food; instead, restaurants staffs will need to serve the foods. Moreover, they need to frequently clean the surface with alcohol and train the staff to take the temperature of customers.

The staffs need to stay six feet away from each other, avoid touching eyes, nose and mouth and stay at home to receive medical care if he or she feels symptoms of the COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic has put Myanmar’s underdeveloped tourism industry into a halt as it has done to the global tourism industry. Now, the country is preparing to revive the sector by developing the Tourism Strategic Road Map with three stages: survival, reopening, and relaunching, and consider domestic tourism as where to start in post-covid times, according to a video conference led by U Ohn Maung, Union Minister of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism.

(Myanmar Business Today: https://mmbiztoday.com/ministry-issues-health-guideline-for-hotels-and-motels/ )

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