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National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases adopts new measure: Rituals will be performed without presence of citizens due to today's gatherings in religious facilities
Published on: Mar 23, 2020 • 1:29 AM Author: PR Service
The National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases decided tonight to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection and to protect the population from this infectious disease by requiring all religious communities to adapt their activities to the current epidemiological situation and to conduct religious services in religious facilities without the presence of citizens.
The decision was made on the basis of a report by the relevant security services according to which only today 1,350 people attended religious ceremonies throughout Montenegro, as well as on the basis of the epidemiologists' estimates that these gatherings present the greatest epidemiological risk at the moment. If at one of the religious gatherings only one person was a transmitter, Montenegro would face an uncontrolled spread of the virus.
From the hygiene point of view, and especially from the epidemiological point of view in these circumstances, an extremely problematic part of the religious rituals has been shown today in the media in which more persons took part in symbolic consumption of food using the same cutlery (spoon).
The National Coordinating Body for Communicable Diseases stresses that it is not a matter of closing religious facilities since they remain open to priests, but that the measure obliges religious communities to perform rituals and other activities without the presence of citizens.
Faced with the new challenge of spreading the epidemic, the National Coordination Body, whose primary priority is protection of public health, insists on consistently obeying all orders, emphasising in particular the measures adopted two days ago, which include banning wedding gatherings and conducting funerals with immediate family only.
At today's session, the National Coordination Body reiterated its strong commitment that disclosing the identity of persons in self-isolation is necessary in a situation where Montenegro unfortunately faced an unacceptable number of violations of decisions on self-isolation at home.
Tragic experiences around the world show that people get infected and die from coronavirus mostly because of the lack of discipline. We point out that no one, because of his or her lack of discipline, has the right to endanger others. The task of every citizen is to be disciplined and to urge, encourage and admonish others to be disciplined.
The National Coordinating Body advises that everyone is welcome to help and contribute to the efforts to preserve the health of the nation. In the days that follow, every hand of support is welcome. Therefore, we urge that we continue together, at full strength. The common goal must be to protect as many lives of Montenegrin citizens as possible.
PUBLIC RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO
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