Qatar reopened 300 additional mosques

Around 300 mosques in various parts of Qatar are reopened for worshipers from the dawn prayer on July 28; local media reported quoting the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

The move comes as part of the third phase of lifting Covid-19 restrictions. In the first phase, a total of 500 mosques were reopened on June 15 while 299 mosques were made available for prayers in the second phase on July 1.

People with chronic diseases and elderly have been asked to perform prayers at home.The ministry has asked people not to go to the mosques earlier because they will only open after the call to prayer. Worshipers should maintain a distance of two metres and should not gather inside the mosque at the end of prayers.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) issued a decision allowing gymnasiums to resume their operations and activities in the third phase, with precautionary guidelines to be strictly followed.

Gymnasiums will have to limit the occupancy rate to 50 per cent of capacity after reopening in Phase 3.