BANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Health has urged food delivery businesses to adhere to disease control measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

 

Department Director-General Dr. Suwanchai Wattanayingjaroenchai said more people have refrained from dining out and turned to food delivery services during the pandemic. The department’s latest Anamai Poll shows that up to 53.9% of respondents, residing in red zone provinces, have used food delivery services in the past month, while 35% of people in orange zone provinces also use the service.

 

He said the poll showed that most food delivery staff followed disease control measures, such as wearing a face mask while working and using e-payment methods to avoid touching cash. However, it is a matter of concern that 27.6% of delivery staff said that they did not wash their hands before and after handling the food.

 

Dr. Suwanchai has urged the companies to provide their staff with hand sanitizers and have them clean their hands before and after they touch the food packaging, even when they wear gloves, as well as following other disease control measures and logging staff travel history, to help with contact tracing in case of infection.

 

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just as in the west, these businesses are goldmines for some..

17 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

even when they wear gloves

Clean their hands with gloves on? Maybe a good idea for those who wear the same gloves the whole day... 

This is why testing is so important 

 

 

I would like to know how widespread CV19 is in Pattaya but there is no way to know this because testing is very limited 

 

I would also like to have an antibody test to see if I may have already had CV19 but again information on this is difficult to find

 

all of this leads to people understanding the risks in the area they live - something the government are reluctant to do because it makes them look bad if the numbers go up 

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

He said the poll showed that most food delivery staff followed disease control measures, such as wearing a face mask while working and using e-payment methods to avoid touching cash. However, it is a matter of concern that 27.6% of delivery staff said that they did not wash their hands before and after handling the food.

Thailand... hygiene?

Had one grab driver spray my hands and money before taking it! Wish they all did it.

OK. Who, in the upper realms of gov't, recently bought into a food delivery service?