As the shutters lift extremely slowly during the pandemic, the government is contemplating lifting curbs on restaurants. These are standalone eating joints, many of which are giving a takeaway service, or, restaurants within malls too.

The restaurant body is naturally enthused to some degree about opening as they simply cannot afford to be shut any longer. Yet, they are pinning hopes on guidelines like no curbs on the number of customers among others. This may not be possible because even if given safety and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) amid this crisis, we cannot forget that the virus is still very much there, posing a danger to people.