Dublin: Restaurants, Bars, Cafes and Food Courts in Ireland have been allowed to provide indoor services to customers who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have recovered from diseases in the past six months, and to children under the age of 18 In their care, according to new government guidelines.
Customers must show their Covid Digital EU certificate or evidence of other legitimate immunity before entering the indoor hospitality place, report the Xinhua news agency.
They will also be asked to bring their photo identification (ID), such as a passport or driving license, to verify their identity.
Children do not need to show evidence of immunity, but they can be examined for their age at that place.
Businesses that provide indoor hospitality services will be asked to record names and telephone numbers of each customer for contact contact purposes.
Those under the age of 18 will be released.
Customer contact details must be stored for 28 days.
Customers will be asked to wear a face cover at any time while sitting.
A maximum of six people aged 13 or higher can be served at a table.
This limit does not include children who are younger than 12.
There is no time limit on how long customers can stay, but all businesses must be closed at 11:30 a.m.
Ireland has banned indoor hospitality services for more than 16 months since the pandemic broke out in the country at the end of February 2020, causing huge losses for the hospitality sector, which employed around 180,000 people before the pandemic, according to local media reports.
While the reopening of indoor hospitality services is widely welcomed by business and consumers, it also raises concerns among local public health officials.
The statistics released by the Irish health department showed a rapid increase in the Covid-19 case in the country in recent weeks.
In the past seven days, the average transfer of cases in Ireland has more than 1,200, more than doubled the average of a month ago, the department said.
The Delta variant now accounts for more than 90 percent of new cases in Ireland, according to public health officials.