Tunisia-Friday Prayer: Strict Sanitary Measures

The Ministry of Religious Affairs has announced a set of health measures to fulfil the administration decision to reopen mosques for Friday prayers from December 4, with 30% capacity.

The ministry affirmed the significance of applying the sanitary protocol associating to places of worship by applying the following measures:

• Ventilation of prayer areas and arrange them to welcome worshippers
• The opening of mosques 15 minutes before the  prayer call and to leave the premises as soon as the prayer ends
• Reducing the time devoted to prayer and preaches
• Personal mat
• wearing masks is compulsory

The ministry calls on the elderly and frail or who have symptoms comparable to those of the coronavirus not to go to mosques.