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staff and also between counting agents.
• Ventilation of the counting center shall be improved with exhaust fans if possible.
• Separate the area of counting agents with desks placed 1 meter behind the counting officers in
order to avoid close contact.
• Provide hand washing/hand sanitizing facilities at the entrance with tissues for wiping hands and
a bin (with a polythene bag inside) to discard tissues.
• Provide and ensure all officers, agents, security personals and any other person wear masks and
wash their hands before entering the counting center.
• Provide adequate amounts of masks and one bottle of hand sanitizer for each counting officer.
They shall sanitize hands as frequently as possible.
• No one should be allowed to enter the counting center without a face masks and washing hands.
Do no
• Do not serve refreshments in the counting room while the t serve refreshments in the counting room while the
counting is going on
Refreshments be provided preferably in a place with good
• Refreshments be provided preferably in a place with good
ventilation and space adequate to maintain physical
ventilation and space adequate to maintain physical
distancing.
Unauthorized officials including officers from other
• Unauthorized officials including officers from other
centers shall not be allowed into the center at any time.
centers shall not be allowed into the center at any time.
MOH staff shall sanitize the center after the work is over.
• MOH staff shall sanitize the center after the work is over.
Results tabulation center

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• Everyone entering the premises shall wash hands with veryone entering the premises shall wash hands with
soap and water or sanitize hands.
• All officers shall wear masks at all times.
• All officers
shall keep a
distance of
one meter
with other
fellow officers
at all times.

Voter washing
her hands at designated hand
sanitizing station in Kurunegala.