On June 6, a reporter from China Securities News visited Xidan, Wangfujing and other business districts and catering business units and found that on the first day of orderly opening of dine-in restaurants, the fireworks gradually became stronger, and the bookings of many restaurants ushered in a small peak. However, the epidemic prevention and control has not been relaxed at all, and most restaurants have taken various measures to ensure compliance with relevant epidemic prevention regulations. At the same time, the canteens of major companies have also adopted the method of eating on different floors and at different times to ensure that the epidemic prevention and control is not relaxed.
Fireworks return
“Yesterday, many customers called to inquire and make reservations, and they received 20 reservations in just one afternoon.” At the Banu Hotpot Restaurant in Xidan Juntai Department Store, the manager Wu Fuqiang told reporters while entertaining the guests. , “After receiving the news of the opening of dine-in yesterday, we were very excited and held a management meeting as soon as possible, calling on employees to come to the post to clean, disinfect and maintain equipment and tableware.”
Lu Muxin, a customer who was dining in the restaurant, told the China Securities Journal: “After learning about the opening of dine-in yesterday, I made an appointment with my colleagues to have dinner together today. We came before the restaurant opened. It’s been a long time. I’m so glad I didn’t eat out anymore.”
A reporter from China Securities Journal noticed that, except for the whole area of Fengtai and some areas of Changping, dine-in restaurants in Beijing have been opened normally, but the passenger flow of many restaurants has not returned to the previous level. Zhao Jie, who was dining at the Huluwa Zhongguancun store, told the China Securities Journal: “I used to make an appointment before coming here, otherwise I would have to wait in a long line. There are many empty seats without reservations today, and the occupancy rate is about 50%.”
“Probably due to working days, the first day of dine-in resumption was not as large as we expected. I thought there would be queues as usual at lunch, but the hall is not full today, but it is already very busy. Satisfied.” Yuan Tong, the restaurant manager of Xibei Noodle Village, told the China Securities Journal, “Of course, the epidemic prevention and control still cannot be relaxed, so it should be done gradually.”
Unblocking is not unblocking
Although dine-in has been opened, the epidemic prevention and control work cannot be relaxed.
On June 6, at a press conference on Beijing’s epidemic prevention and control work, Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a member of the National Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Expert Group, said that today is the first day of opening dine-in services. Institutions must control the density of crowds, strictly implement code scanning, temperature measurement, and inspection of negative nucleic acid certificates, and advocate sitting in separate seats and not holding banquets.
“The situation that epidemic prevention and control continues to improve is hard-won. I hope that the majority of catering business units and consumers will cherish it together, and jointly implement the Quartet’s responsibility for epidemic prevention and control, so that the unblocking can not be solved.” The second-level inspector of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce Ding Jianhua said at the press conference.
Ding Jianhua said that there are four key points for orderly opening of dine-in: the store should have epidemic prevention personnel, and employees must hold a 48-hour nucleic acid negative certificate; customers and takeaways need to measure temperature, scan codes, and wear masks when entering the store; waiting inside and outside the store. “One-meter noodles” shall be set up in the dining area, pick-up area, checkout area and other areas; keep the dining utensils and facilities clean and sanitized, and disinfect the dining table after each turn over.
During the visit, a reporter from China Securities Journal found that while many restaurants and canteens are opening dine-in services, there is no relaxation in epidemic prevention and control.
Wu Fuqiang said: “When we bring guests, we try to arrange to bring guests at other tables, and we must not be sloppy in the face of epidemic prevention and control.”
The company cafeteria is even more so. A reporter from China Securities News learned from Minmetals Group that the company requires that it be unblocked but not protected. While dining in the canteens on the east and west sides resumes, meals will be divided into time slots. At the same time, keep a safe distance of 1 meter when taking meals, wear masks and gloves strictly, and do not stay for a long time after eating.
“We also have meals on different floors and at different times.” A Baidu related person told a reporter from China Securities Journal, “When I went to the canteen to eat at noon today, I found that although there were a lot of people, it was orderly and the prevention and control measures were not relaxed at all compared to before. Everyone wears masks when taking meals, and try to eat separately when eating.”