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Today @StateHealthIN Commissioner Kris Box and I issued guidance for places of worship in an effort to slow the spread of #COVID19.
During this time of uncertainty, faith is more important than ever, and I am deeply grateful to our religious leaders for their efforts to find safe and creative ways to serve their communities.
The purpose of this guidance is not to restrict religious liberty, but to save lives during these extraordinary times. I look forward to the day where we can once again worship side-by-side without the threat of spreading coronavirus.
Executive order 20-18 states all public and private gatherings, including religious and spiritual, should follow @CDCgov guidance, which restricts gatherings to ten or less people. Click here to see executive orders: https://www.in.gov/gov/2384.htm ">https://www.in.gov/gov/2384....
To continue safely serving their communities, faith institutions are directed as follows:
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The minimum number of necessary personnel should be used at all times for any services.
Staff and volunteers who are not speaking should wear masks.
In instances when communion is distributed, only prepackaged communion may be used and must be prepared and distributed in a manner that meets food safety standards.
Persons who are 65 years and older.
Those who have severe underlying medical conditions, like heart or lung disease or diabetes.
Individuals who are sick.
The @CDCgov has provided the following guidance for the faith community: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/organizations/guidance-community-faith-organizations.html">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavir...
More information may be found at the @StateHealthIN website at http://coronavirus.in.gov"> http://coronavirus.in.gov and the @CDCgov website at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.">https://www.cdc.gov/coronavir...
