Question: What steps should shops and branches take to reduce transmission and maintain social distancing due to face-to-face meetings?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Shops and branches
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.2 Moving around buildings and stores
section_content: Objective: To maintain social distancing as far as possible while people
travel through the workplace.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Reducing movement by discouraging non-essential trips within buildings and sites, for example restricting access to some areas, encouraging use of radios or telephones, where permitted. These items require cleaning between users if multi-use.


Introducing more one-way flow through buildings. Providing floor markings and signage should remind both workers and customers to follow to social distancing wherever possible.


Reducing maximum occupancy for lifts, providing hand sanitiser for the operation of lifts and encouraging use of stairs wherever possible.


Making sure that people with disabilities are able to access lifts.


Regulating use of high traffic areas including corridors, lifts, turnstiles and walkways to maintain social distancing.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This does not answer the question. This answer provides information on steps that can be taken to maintain social distancing while people travel through workplace. It does not provide any information on what should be done to reduce transmission and maintain social distancing due to face-to-face meetings as asked in the question.
This gives information but does not answer the question directly.

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Shops and branches
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.1 Coming to work and leaving work
section_content: Objective: To maintain social distancing wherever possible, on arrival and
departure and to enable handwashing upon arrival.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Staggering arrival and departure times at work to reduce crowding into and out of the workplace, taking account of the impact on those with protected characteristics.


Providing additional parking or facilities such as bike-racks to help people walk, run or cycle to work where possible.


Limiting passengers in corporate vehicles, for example, work minibuses. This could include leaving seats empty.


Reducing congestion, for example, by having more entry points to the workplace in larger stores.


Using markings and introducing one-way flow at entry and exit points.


Providing handwashing facilities (or hand sanitiser where not possible) at entry and exit points.


Providing alternatives to touch-based security devices such as keypads.


Defining process alternatives for entry/exit points where appropriate, for example, deactivating pass readers at turnstiles in favour of showing a pass to security personnel at a distance.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This does not answer the question. The question is asking for information on how to reduce transmission and maintain social distancing due to face-to-face meeting. However, the answer is providing information on how to maintain social distancing during arrival and departure times at work and recommendation for handwashing facilities.
This does not give information on face to face meetings

Reviewer ratings:
Bad
Bad

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Shops and branches
section_headers: 3. Social distancing at work
3.4 Meetings
section_content: Objective: To reduce transmission due to face-to-face meetings and maintain
social distancing in meetings.
Steps that will usually be needed:


Using remote working tools to avoid in person meetings.


Only absolutely necessary participants should attend meetings and should maintain 2m separation throughout.


Avoiding transmission during meetings, for example avoiding sharing pens and other objects.


Providing hand sanitiser in meeting rooms.


Holding meetings outdoors or in well-ventilated rooms whenever possible.


For areas where regular meetings take place, use floor signage to help people maintain social distancing.



Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This gives adequate steps on how to reduce transmission  on face to face meetings
This is a direct answer to the question. This answer provides information on steps that should be taken to reduce the covid-19 transmission and maintain social distancing dues to face-to-face meeting.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Excellent