Guidelines announced for religious services in phase 3
Details of how religious services can be conducted safely as the maximum size of congregants is increased to 250 in phase three, which starts tomorrow, were announced by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth yesterday. At present, religious organisations can hold congregational and other worship services for up to 100 people. From tomorrow, live performance elements for congregational and other worship services, as well as religious rites, will be permitted. TraceTogether-only SafeEntry will be made mandatory for places of worship and other public premises by early next year, after everyone has had the chance to collect the TraceTogether token. Religious organisations must prepare to accept check-ins by the TraceTogether app or token, said MCCY. For congregational services, worshippers have to be segregated into zones each holding a maximum of 50 people. Zones must be completely separated from one another through either a wall-to-wall partition that is at least 1.8m high, or a space of at least 3m that is demarcated by continuous physical barriers such as ropes. Entrance and exit timings must also be staggered so that worshippers from different zones do not mix with one anot...
