Minister says communal Friday prayers to continue for now, will revise policy if Covid-19 worsens | Malay Mail

Minister says communal Friday prayers to continue for now, will revise policy if Covid-19 worsens

Thursday, 12 Mar 2020 12:11 PM MYTDatuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad leads a prayer session at the Tuanku Mizan Mosque in Putrajaya March 12, 2020. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon

However, minister in charge of religious affairs Datuk Seri Zukifli Mohamad said that this policy may be reviewed if health authorities decide that the outbreak can no longer be contained. “Any congregation [including Friday prayers] should not be done in affected places. If the mosque is affected and in need of quarantine, people should go elsewhere,” he said in his first press conference after being sworn in as a minister in the Prime Minister’s Department.

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