Restaurants and eateries in Vinh city are preparing to reopen.

Since early morning, Mr. Hung, Truong Thi ward, has been cleaning his shop to prepare for reopening. Photo: Nguyen Chau

From early morning, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung and his wife, the owner of the breakfast shop atTruong Thi ward, Vinh City hurriedly went to his shop to open after more than 20 days of "closing the door and locking the door". Thick layers of dust stuck on the tables and chairs, dry leaves covered the sidewalk, and he and his wife took turns sweeping them clean.

Mr. Hung shared: "Although food services have been allowed to sell take-out during the past time, however, due to the complicated developments of the epidemic, selling by delivery is both labor-intensive and the number of orders has decreased significantly compared to direct sales, so we have completely closed the store since June 8th until now. This morning, when I woke up and heard that licensed food stores can serve on-site, I was very excited so I went with my wife to reopen the store...".

After a long period of closure, many shops and tables and chairs were covered with thick layers of dust, so cleaning took a lot of time. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Tables and chairs were also cleared by restaurant staff to prepare for business to resume. Photo: Nguyen Chau

Not only Mr. Hung but that is also the common mood of many restaurant owners in Vinh city at this time.

Although most food service business owners are excited, many are still concerned about the epidemic situation, calculating safe distance arrangements as well as the number of customers after this epidemic.

Ms. Ha, owner of a Hue noodle shop in Ben Thuy ward, said: "Before the epidemic season, I sold 50-70 bowls of noodles every day, with customers coming in and out in droves. However, now that the shop has reopened, the number of customers will definitely not be as high. Therefore, I have to rely on the number of customers this time to balance the imported food. If I import too much but have few customers, it will cost me money and I will have to find a way to preserve the leftover food, which is very difficult."

Some restaurants imported food on the morning of July 3. Photo: Nguyen Chau

In addition, what restaurants and eateries worry about most is that Vinh City is a locality with many positive cases of the virus.Covid-19the most in the province, therefore, controlling customers entering and leaving restaurants is very difficult, especially those who may come into contact with new cases or people related to cases.

Faced with that situation, to protect themselves and their families when reopening this time, many restaurant owners have proactively equipped themselves with hand sanitizer, required customers to wear masks when entering and leaving the restaurant, and arranged tables and chairs to sit far apart as recommended to avoid close contact...

Previously, on the morning of July 3, Vinh City People's Committee issued Plan No. 139/KH-UBND to implement the Decision of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee on stopping social isolation according to Directive 16/CT-TTg, switching to social distancing according to Directive 15/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister in Vinh City. In which, allowing food service business for licensed establishments, in the form of take-out or on-site consumption, but establishments must base on the nature of the goods and business area to arrange to ensure distance and safety according to regulations.