COVID-19: Ministry touts guidelines for funerals and templesBy Chien Hui-ju and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Ministry of the Interior yesterday announced guidelines for funerals, and visits to temples and national parks, to take effect after a nationwide COVID-19 alert is downgraded to level 2 on Tuesday next week. People paying their respects to a deceased person should nominate one representative to attend the funeral, the ministry said. Temples would be open to individual worshipers and religious gatherings, the ministry said. Visitor flow would be regulated and COVID-19 prevention measures remain in place, it said, adding that parking lots would operate at 50 percent capacity. Meetings that do not allow for appropriate disease prevention measures would have to be postponed, the ministry added.

Source: Taipei Times July 23, 2021 15:56 UTC