Religious Affairs Ministry directed the dwellers of red zone areas across the country to offer their prayers at home and avoid congregations in places of worship.
The ministry issued the directive in a press release in this regard on Saturday, reports UNB.
In its six-point directives the ministry said all the devotees of red zone areas are asked to offer prayers at home except for the khatib, imam, muezzin and khadem of a mosque.
For the five daily regular prayers at mosques, approximately ten people including khatib, imam, muezzin and khadem can pray while following the health guidelines and maintaining social distancing.
During the coronavirus pandemic mass religious gatherings (Waz mahfil, milad mahfil, Tafsir mahfil) are restricted and everyone is requested to offer their prayers individually at home.
The people of other religious communities were also directed to abstain from such religious functions.
The directions were imposed for the sake of national security and legal action will be taken for violating the instructions, the ministry said.
As the rate of infections keeps worsening, the government is now pinning its hopes of getting a hold of the local outbreak amid the global pandemic by adopting a zonal system similar to ones that have been successfully implemented in several areas of China that have beaten the virus, notably Wuhan.
