Image via WikipediaMANILA, Philippines — The rise in the number of A(H1N1) cases has prompted the Manila archdiocese to alter some church services as a precautionary measure against the disease.
Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Cardinal Rosales ordered his priests to take precautionary measures to avoid the spread of A(H1N1), including banning close contact during services.
“In view of detected presence of the A(H1N1) virus in our country, Cardinal Rosales has ordered that for the meantime Communion be received by the faithful only by hand," Fr. Genardo Diwa, head of the Liturgical ministry of the Manila archdiocese, said in an advisory.
Excerpts of the advisory were posted on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines website (www.cbcpnews.com).
Diwa said other forms of close contacts like holding of hands will be discouraged inside churches. “This is to avoid further inadvertent spread of the virus," he said.
There are now at least 33 confirmed A(H1N1) cases in the country, but the Department of Health is not yet keen on declaring a community outbreak. - GMANews.TV
From GMANews.tv; see the source article here.
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