<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> guidelines which they fear could result in a second peak of Covid-19 disease.</p>
<p>Earlier in April, in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Kabul, the government imposed restrictions and closed some unnecessary government and non-governmental institutions and educational centers, and suspended activities of hotels and restaurants.</p>
<p>However, following the decrease in number of positive cases of coronavirus in the country about a month and a half ago, hotels, restaurants, sightseeing parks and swimming pools were allowed to resume operation while practicing the guidelines offered by the Ministry of Public Health.</p>
<p>Kazim, a resident of Kabul city, criticized hotels’ owners over lack of hygiene measures, saying they only think about their pocket and are unconcerned about people’s lives.</p>
<p>He said, “If health guidelines are not followed and wedding hotels continue to operate in the same way, we will see a second peak of the virus..may be more dangerous than the first.”</p>
<p>Hamid, another resident of Kabul city, told Pajhwok Afghan News he attended a friend’s wedding and saw more than 1000 individuals gathering in a single hall.</p>
<p>He expressed his deep concern over lack of social distancing, the use of masks and gloves by guests. “They do not follow any kind of health advice inside the hotel.”</p>
<p>A number of other residents held similar views and urged the authorities concerned to practice MoPH guidelines to prevent the resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic across the country.</p>
<p class="rteleft">Nadar Qarghae, the wedding hotels association head, told Pajhwok that the owners of all wedding hotels had promised to follow heath guidelines in this regard.</p>
<p>He added they practiced social distancing, used masks and gloves during work and observed hygiene in the kitchen, used hand sanitizer at the hotel entrance door among the recommendations.</p>
<p>He said the mentioned measures were red line of the emergency committee and should be practiced.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Nisar Mehri, Kabul Governor’s spokesman, said that the supervisory board of the emergency committee daily monitored health guidelines in wedding hotels and restaurants.</p>
<p>According the MoPH information, so far 37,162 people have been infected with the Covid-19 and 1328 died while 26,228 others recovered from the pandemic across the country.</p>
<p>Pk/ma</p>
