Mosques have been shut late March attributable to unfold of coronavirus. PHOTO: AA/FILE
GAZA CITY: Mosques within the Gaza Strip will reopen to worshippers as of Wednesday after greater than two months of closure as a result of unfold of coronavirus, the Ministry of Non secular Affairs mentioned on Monday.
“All mosques will reopen for prayers,” ministry undersecretary Abdel-Hadi al-Agha informed a press convention in Gaza Metropolis.
He mentioned some other non secular actions, nonetheless, won’t be allowed at mosques.
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Al-Agha known as on all worshippers to pursue all preventive measures at mosques, together with sporting face masks, and sustaining social distancing guidelines to assist stem the unfold of the illness.
Palestinian authorities shut all mosques within the Gaza Strip late March as a part of measures to fight the sickness.
Well being authorities confirmed over 600 virus instances in Palestine, together with three deaths. Just one fatality and 54 infections have been reported within the Gaza Strip.
