First, give us vaccines, then make being vaccinated mandatory for our staff, hoteliers and restaurateurs are saying, as the government recently gave relaxations with riders. While restaurants have been allowed to operate till 10 pm, they have to also ensure that all their staff is fully vaccinated. Representatives of restaurateurs and hoteliers feel that the relaxations still make running a business difficult and are planning to make a representation to the government.

According to the State’s new circular issued on Wednesday, only fully vaccinated staff, who have completed 14 days after their vaccination, can work at hotels. However, hoteliers and restaurateurs are facing logistical difficulty as a majority of their staff falls in the age group of 18 to 44 years and since this group’s inoculation started late, many are yet to complete the 84-day interval to get the second dose. As such, businesses are left without a workforce.