AHMEDABAD: Those wanting to do business, and are highly likely to come in direct contact with the public, will need to get vaccinated or get an RT-PCR negative report.
The Ahmedabad district collector, in a notification issued on Friday, said that shop owners will have to produce either vaccination certificate or RT-PCR negative report to carry on with business.
The notification stated that even rickshaw drivers, cab drivers, commercial drivers, security guards, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, technicians, pan shop owners, vegetable vendors and those running food carts are covered under this notification.
The rules also apply to those employed at malls, shopping complexes, hotels, restaurants, hair salons and beauty parlours.
Collector Sandip Sagale said, “These super-spreaders will have to take vaccination.
Even the employees have to be vaccinated.
If they do not have a vaccination certificate, they will have to produce RT-PCR negative report which is valid only for 10 days.” A senior official said that the move to get a new RT-PCR negative report after every 10 days is to ensure that vaccination in the district is increased and super spreaders get vaccinated.
Officials at the collectorate said that this notification will only be implemented in the area outside the police commissionerate.
Hence, traders in city areas are not liable to follow it.
However, areas like Bopal and Ghuma which are out of the purview of the police commissionerate are likely to be covered under this notification.
The notification has been issued under CRPC 144 and Gujarat Police act 37(4) and even under section 34 of the Disaster Management Act.