Safety Tips for COVID-19: Can You Get Infected Through the Food?
Since the coronavirus is a respiratory disease, it can only be transmissible through respiratory droplets. Thus, it is unlikely for people to get the virus from food and food containers. Though it is not entirely impossible especially if the server is unhygienic.
Also, there are still no known cases of respiratory diseases, especially coronaviruses, that can be contracted through food and food packaging.
Restaurant Guidelines for COVID-19
When it comes to safety tips for COVID-19, there is indeed a risk when you eat in restaurants. Aside from the no mask, no entry policy, according to the Department of Trade and Industry, here are the guidelines restaurants and food chains must observe now that they’re allowed to offer dine-in services in GCQ (general community quarantine) areas:
1. Health Evaluation Form and Health Check at the Entrance
Before entering the food establishment, a service crew or staff must inform the customer to fill out a health evaluation form. The health evaluation form is a way for the restaurant to know if the customer is not showing any symptoms of COVID-19.
It also makes contact tracing more doable if ever one of the customers or staff have contracted the virus. A crew must also check the customer’s temperature, making sure that it’s no more than 37.5℃.
Restaurants can refuse to service customers with high body temperature and are showing symptoms of COVID-19. This is one of the most basic safety tips for COVID-19.
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