Gatherings मस्जिदों

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AIM

To provide research-based guidance on best practices to facilitate a gradual and safe restoration to mosques and the development of effective measures to protect the health of worshipers and mosque workers by reducing the risk of Covid-19 transmission during the performance of the prayer in the mosque.

PRE-OPENING PROCEDURES

Disinfect the mosques listed to open in phase 3 using the same disinfection measures as in phase 1 and 2.
Establishment of an admin group to manage and oversee the compliance with the precautionary measures.
All mosques employees must be tested for COVID-19 to assure their health status prior to the opening of mosques.

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Ensure hand sanitizing before entering the mosque.
The toilets and ablution places to remain closed.
The body temperature of all workers should be checked before each prayer (entry prohibited for those with a temperature of 38 degrees or more).
Ehteraz App to be downloaded by all employees and community members attending the prayers and check that the status is green to allow entry.
Masks to be worn by all including community members attending the prayers and mosques’ employees.
Worshipers and the mosques’ employees are encouraged to use a tissue when coughing or sneezing and dispose of it directly into a waste bin. Otherwise, the elbow can be used to prevent the spread of germs.
Avoid physical contact, e.g., handshakes, etc.
Provide sanitizers at the entrance and multiple locations within the mosque.
Advise worshipers, employees, and other workers to avoid touching their nose, eyes, and mouth.
Surfaces, carpets, corridors, and areas where shoes are kept should be cleaned and disinfected regularly and after each prayer.
A housekeeping record log must be maintained.
Worshipers are encouraged to bring their own Qur’an or use their phone Apps to read it.
At least half of the windows and doors should be kept open during prayer time to ensure proper ventilation inside the mosque. They can be closed after the prayer ends, and worshipers leave the mosque.
Packs of tissue papers should be available and accessible
Waste bins should be distributed throughout the mosque.
Worshipers will not be allowed to enter the mosque without wearing a mask and bringing their prayer mat.
Ensure ventilation systems operate properly and increase circulation of outdoor air as much as possible either by air handling systems (air conditions) or by opening windows and doors, fans, and so on.

PHYSICAL DISTANCING

Maintaining a minimum safe distance of 1.5 meters (9 m2 per person) between worshipers should be emphasized by the Imam.
Floor markings should be used on the mosque’s carpets to guide the worshipers’ position and maintain physical distancing.
Provide enough space on the sides of the mosque to allow for worshipers’ exit from the first rows without the need to go through the others.

REGULATING ENTRY AND EXIT

Open one entrance 5 minutes before the routine call for prayer to regulate the entry of worshipers and ensure the proper implementation of precautionary measures. (Except for Friday and Eid prayers)
All doors should be opened after the end of each prayer to facilitate the exit of worshipers. They will be closed within 5 minutes after each prayer (Except for Friday and Eid prayers)
Close the mosques’ doors once the prayer starts.
Worshippers are urged to avoid crowding while entering and exiting the mosque.

FRIDAY and EID PRAYERS

Friday prayers precautions:

Doors open 30 minutes before prayers
Doors close 10 minutes after prayers
No women or children under 12 years
Friday prayer sermon is to be limited to 10 minutes

Eid prayer ‘Musallah’ and mosques open for Friday prayers can host Eid prayers while following the same precautions as Friday Prayers.

MOSQUE EMPLOYEES

A response procedure in alignment with MOPH guidance should be in place to deal with suspected cases.
Mosque employee suspected of Covid-19 infection should be placed in a separate room from the other employees until the medical team from MOPH is alerted and he is picked up.
All mosque employees are instructed not to go to work if they develop respiratory symptoms or fever and should report sick to their supervisor.

EDUCATION & AWARENESS

Regular reminders to increase awareness of precautionary measures.
Urge those with high fever, coughing, and those with respiratory infections not to go to the mosque.
Posters are placed in mosques to remind worshipers, and mosques’ employees of the precautionary measures and the process of reporting discrepancies or violations.

COVID-19 Services Assistant خدمة المساعدة الخاصة بكوفيد-19