Abstract

Summary: Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (MOHFW, GOI) has publishedguidelines on preventive measures to contain spread of COVID-19 in workplace settings to respond in atimely and effective manner for detection and control of COVID-19 cases. It was first published on 17thMarch with subsequent revision on 15thApril; 18thMay and in June 2020. Despite timely and efficientimplementation of the guidelines; there was a steep rise in COVID cases. This article attempts to reviewthose guidelines holistically; to identify the gaps in them and the challenges in their implementation.This study will address shortcomings in the guidelines and what can be done to rectify these shortcomings.There is a need for strengthening of current monitoring and evaluation system/ mechanism along with theprovision of public health insurance.

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