Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the holy city said.
Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre will reopen Sunday after a two-month closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Christian authorities in the holy city said.
The church was closed on March 25 ahead of the Easter holiday as part of measures imposed to combat the spread of the virus in Israel and the Palestinian territories. More than 16,600 cases of the COVID-19 disease have been recorded in Israel, including 279 deaths. The church, located in Israeli-occupied and annexed east Jerusalem, is visited every year by millions of pilgrims. Religious sites were authorised to reopen on Wednesday on the condition that access be limited to 50 people at a time.
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