Nagaland issues Durga Puja related COVID-19 SOP; details here

KOHIMA: The Nagaland Government has issued guidelines for the Durga puja festival in the state in view of the COVID-19 situation.

As per guidelines, the puja pandals are allowed only outside the containment zones. Devotees may visit pandals between 5 am and 9 pm.

A maximum of 50 per cent of the capacity of marquees will be allowed inside the pandals at a time.

Advisories instructed organisers not to allow any person to enter the puja premises without a mask and sanitising of hands. Puja committees to arrange masks, sanitisers at the entry point itself.

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Puja committees were advised to sanitise the puja premises before opening and after closing and every 6 hours during the day.

All visitors to puja premises would be subject to thermal scanning by puja organisers and no person with COVID-19 symptoms would be allowed to enter the puja premises.

Persons above 65 years of age, children below 10 years of age, people with co-morbidities and pregnant women were advised to avoid visiting pandals.

A maximum of 50 persons would be allowed to take part in immersion procession amid appropriate behaviour at all times.

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