{"id":1060,"date":"2020-03-12T10:47:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/?p=1060"},"modified":"2020-03-12T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:48:45","slug":"precautionary-measures-to-combat-and-minimise-the-spread-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/2020\/03\/12\/precautionary-measures-to-combat-and-minimise-the-spread-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Precautionary measures to combat and minimise the spread of Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Given that WHO has now declared the outbreak as a global pandemic and in light of advice provides by local authorities, it’s important that all mosques and community centres take necessary steps and precautions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We advise the following:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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A. Request those with Flu\/cold\/cough like symptoms to keep away from attending congregational prayers(especially Friday prayers) and self-0quarantine as advised by the health authorities<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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B.\u00a0 Ensure Hand sanitisers are placed at the entrances to all mosques and encourage people to use them before and after prayers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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C. Request people to avoid hand shaking and hugging (traditional greetings)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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D. All Imams to use the Friday sermon to talk about the responsibility of every Individual to safeguard the community and minimize the spread of the disease<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Premier of Victoria has activated emergency measures. Please see website.<\/p>

https:\/\/www.dhhs.vic.gov.au\/victorian-public-coronavirus-disease-covid-19<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you suspect you might have the disease please contact 1800 675 398.<\/p>

Please keep 000 for emergencies only.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Given that WHO has now declared the outbreak as a global pandemic and in light of advice provides by local authorities, it’s important that all mosques and community centres take necessary steps and precautions. We advise the following: A. Request those with Flu\/cold\/cough like symptoms to keep away from attending congregational prayers(especially Friday prayers) and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-1060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","tag-icv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1065,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions\/1065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/islamicsocietyballarat.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}