The Federal Government has released the guidelines for religious centres to resume activities in the country, The PUNCH reports.
The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19,
Sani Aliyu, stated this on Tuesday during a briefing in Abuja.
He said, “In view of the widespread community transmission of
COVID-19, it is important that places of worship operate in a safe
manner to ensure the protection of public health, avoid outbreaks and
safeguard the health of the vulnerable members of the population.
“To this end, the following guidelines have been developed as a minimum
set of standards that have to be complied with for places of worship to
safely operate nationwide.
“They have been developed by the PTF in liaison with the leadership of
religious communities in the country and should be used as a baseline
for states to allow these activities.
“It is important to note that due to the nature of religious
congregations, places of worship are particularly recognised to have a
major potential for spreading COVID-19 infections amongst worshippers.
“Therefore places of worship that are not able to comply with these
measures should not be allowed to operate by state governments.
“The following measures are recommended;
“All places of worship must sign up to full compliance with all aspects
of non-pharmaceutical interventions required to protect the public from
COVID-19 including but not limited to ensuring the supply of running
water and soap, alcohol sanitisers at entry and exit points in all high
contact locations including bathrooms.
“Worshippers must sanitise their hands before entry.
“Worshippers must have temperature checks before entry and the
supervision and the enforcement of this will be led by the leaders of
these facilities.
“Use of face masks is mandatory.
“Strongly discourage all close contacts including shaking hands, hugging, using prayer mats, musical organs, microphones etc.
“The capacity of the facility should be limited to allow physical distancing of at least two meters between persons.
“Facilities should consider the use of cloth or surface markings to
guide distancing and people from the same household should be encouraged
to stay together.
“Local arrangements will apply to the capacity of these facilities but
the most important thing is to make sure that the physical distancing
rule applies.
“Local authorities will be advised in terms of areas of hotspots that might require greater restrictions
“Volunteers should be limited to exact numbers needed and none of the
volunteers should have underlying medical conditions or be above the age
of 55 years.
“Responsibility for enforcement will be with the leadership, church or
mosque committees and supported by local authorities including state
governments.
“Churches to open from 5am and close by 8pm.
“For churches, each service should be for a maximum of an hour with an
interval of thirty minutes in between services to allow time for
disinfection.
“Mosques may open 15 minutes before and ten minutes after prayers. The total time for Friday prayers should not exceed an hour.
“Islamiya schools, Sunday schools, night vigils, and children classes are to remain suspended.
“Worshippers should be encouraged to sign up for preferred worship and make the option of virtual service an option.
“There should be no gathering either or after worship and business outlets within the premises should remain closed.
“We are strongly advising vulnerable people with underlying conditions
such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases to please stay at home.
“Windows should be left open during services and preferably use open-air facility as much as possible.”
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