Every Marriage Ceremony Should Conclude Within Two-hour Time, NCOC Issues New Guidelines

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Every marriage ceremony should conclude within two-hour time, NCOC issues new guidelines

NCOC says they have set two hours time for marriage ceremonies to control spread of Covid-19, adding that large gatherings cause the spread of virus.

ISLAMABAD: (UrduPoint/Pakistan Point News-Oct 9th, 2020) National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) issued guidelines for marriage halls, saying that “the period of all marriage ceremonies will be only two hours,”.

In its new guidelines, NCOC said that large gatherings were the major reasons for spread of Covid-19.

The new directives came at the moment when at least eight people died of Covid-19 in the country during the last 24 hours.

Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar chaired the meeting of NCOC in Islamabad.

However, the schools, colleges and universities have been opened where the officials were strictly implementing the SOPs to control spread of Covid-19.

“We have decided that every marriage ceremony should conclude within two hours time,” said the statement issued by NCOC.

“This is the way to control spread of the virus as large gatherings cause Covid-19,” it further said.

Fida Hussnain

Fida Hussnain is a lahore based journalist. He writes on politics, religion, social issues and climate change. He is also a research fellow at University of Gujrat.