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BENGALURU: The Karnataka government on Tuesday issued guidelines for devotees during the month-long Ramzan fasting from Wednesday amid the second wave of the Covid pandemic. The steep increase in the number of positive cases daily across the state calls for strict compliance of Covid appropriate behaviour during Ramzan and the concerned rituals for which people congregate in mosques in large numbers, state Minority Welfare, Wakf and Haj secretary P Mannivanan said.
As per the guidelines, mosques in containment zones will remain closed even for offering prayers, until the zone is de-notified.
Wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, washing hands, thermal screening and providing sanitisers have been made mandatory in all mosques and Eidgah maidans where namaz is held.