Firms weigh measures, protocols to adapt to post-coronavirus world

Sanitisation, social distancing top of the agenda as shop floors get ready to open again

Indian manufacturers are bracing for a new reality — a fundamental change in the way shop floors are run once the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) is relaxed.
 

A raft of new protocols are being discussed with the government or are in the process of being finalised. For example, workers in big factories will soon be walking through fumigation chambers in order to get sanitised before they enter the premises.
 

The first virus check will be at the factory buses taking them to work. The workers’ body temperature will be checked with infra red thermometers, and