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    COVID-19: Updated rules for UAE mosques, women’s prayer halls re-open

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    COVID-19: Updated rules for UAE mosques, women’s prayer halls re-open

    Ablution areas to open, PCR test for imams and mosque staff every 14 days


    Published:  November 10, 2021 18:03 Huda Tabrez, Living in UAE Editor

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    Mosques in the UAE that are located on external roads like highways, and women’s prayers areas will now be open for prayers, following an announcement on November 9, 2021.
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    The protocol for reopening prayer halls and ablution areas was made by the National Crisis and Emergency Management Authority in a press conference.
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    As per the announcement, mosques shall be closed after prayers and people will not be allowed to stay inside, along with full adherence to precautionary measures.
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    These are the guidelines that need to be adhered to: 1. Opening ablution areas by leaving a closed wash basin between two wash basins, and ensuring that toilet paper is provided.
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    2. Sanitising ablution areas and rest rooms regularly and after each prayer, along with respecting physical distance between people coming for prayers by 1.5 metres.
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    3. Mosques’ administrations are required to provide cleaning staff at all times. Sanitisers should be placed at the exits of ablution areas and people should sanitise their hands after ablution.
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    4. Instructions should be provided on the easiest and correct ways of ablution. 5. Cleaning staff are required to clean and sanitise areas of ablution and toilets after the end of ablution.
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    6. Importance of coordination with relevant authorities and local municipalities to adopt a mechanism for sanitisations and the times and tools for sanitisation as well.
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    7. Mosque imams and cleaning staff should take the vaccine and perform a PCR test every 14 days, which is to be linked to the Al Hosn application, and to disclose any symptoms and to avoid being present in mosques in case of COVID-19 symptoms.
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