Entering must be limited to fully vaccinated individuals according to the health status in Tawakkalna application (Immune), except for the groups who are not obligated to take the vaccine as appears in Tawakkalna application.
Protocols of providing hookah service:
- Prevent providing hookah in a closed area or in places where food is served, and it should only serve outdoors.
- Arrange the tables where hookah is served in a way that ensure a distance of not less than 3 meters between each table in the same hall (if there are more than one hall they should be completely separated), in case it is not possible to apply 3 meters space between tables it prevented to serve hookah inside the café.
- In regarding floor seating café, follow the steps below:
- If the café designed in the form of floor seating separated by partition so that they cannot be reformed, then several seats shall be closed between every two seats, to ensure distance of one and a half meters.
- If the seating is not specified, then it is necessary to place floor stickers to identify the seating places to ensure a distance of one and a half meters between every seating places.
- Provide single-use hookah and disposed of it immediately after use, or the regular hookah that can be reused, provided that the following are adhered to:
- Use a single-use hose or the regular hose after being cleaned and disinfected.
- Prevent using the same hookah by more than one person in the same day.
- Water or liquids in the hookah bowl should be disposed of immediately after use.
- The number of persons at one table should not exceed five individuals, even if they are from one family or friends.
- Prevent using single-use tools for more than one person.
- Disinfect and clean the hookah tools, including the customer’s hookah or its own tools that he brought, before it used by another person, and prevent using it until a day has passed since the last use.
- Customers can bring their hookah or its tools with emphasizing on following the precautions measures and avoid leaving them at the shop.
- Place floor stickers to ensure social distancing of one and a half meters in toilets and at the accounting area.
- Oblige customers to wear masks while moving inside the café and at the accounting area.
- It is not allowed to use or taste hookah (shisha) before serving it to the customers.
- Ensure that CCTV surveillance cameras are activated and that they are covered the entrances and indoor and outdoor areas. Keep the recording for a minimum of three days and allow the government monitoring teams to access to them at any time to ensure the implementation of preventive measures.
- Place warning signs on the table about the higher chance of virus transmission through smoking.
- Please refer to the restaurants and café protocols.
Requirements for cleaning and disinfecting hookahs before and after use:
- Assign an employee responsible for cleaning and disinfecting the hookah.
- The hookah must be cleaned and disinfected before use in the shop as well as immediately after each use in a sink designated only for cleaning the hookah.
- Clean every part of the hookah separately.
- Dispose of the single use tools such as the hose.
- Wash all parts of the hookah well with soap and water.
- Dip the water bowl or container in a solution of two tablespoons of chlorine per gallon of water for 10 minutes, then rinse with water.
- Leave the hookah to air dry after the washing process.
- After disinfection, the hookah must be dried and stored in a manner that prevents external contamination.
- Clean and disinfect the hookah after every use.
