What it's like returning to mosque for prayers under lockdown level 3

Congregants go through a thorough Covid-19 screening process at the entrance every time they enter the mosque.

“It’s easy to enforce social distancing in the mosque because we have rows which are staggered so that people are 1.5m from each other,” said Faatar. “We have a compliance officer, we have security at the gate and if you don’t have a mask and a prayer mat you are not going to come in,” he said. Churches in the city were, however, in no rush to open this week. Pastor Mervin Leedenberg of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Kensington said there were still several measures that needed to put in place before they would open.

Former bookkeeper Christine Petersen, who runs Skitterblink Cleaning Service, has donated her services to a number of churches in the city. Her small team has disinfected 10 churches in preparation for reopening — for free.

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