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Christmas church services reinvented amid pandemic in Waterloo region
In the Waterloo Region, religious ceremonies under the COVID-19 red restriction category allow for 30 per cent capacity indoors, and up to 100 people outdoors. In the grey lockdown category, restrictions only allow for indoor capacity of 10 per cent for religious ceremonies.
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Posted: Dec 17, 2020 3:14 PM ET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020
Christmas wih COVID-19 means more online church services and less offline gatherings.(Justin Tang/Canadian Press)
Some local churches are still planning for in-person Christmas services this year.
In the Waterloo region, religious ceremonies under the COVID-19 red restriction category allow for 30 per cent capacity indoors, and up to 100 people outdoors. In the grey lockdown category, restrictions only allow for indoor capacity of 10 per cent for religious ceremonies.