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  • Muslim worshippers on Friday trooped to mosques in masks for weekly prayers in northern Nigeria's largest city Kano after weeks of lockdown to curb the spread of the new coronavirus. On Monday, the authorities announced a four-hour easing of the lockdown to enable Muslim faithful to attend the service on Friday, the Muslim sabbath. Northern Nigeria is predominantly Muslim. The decision was taken after consultations with clerics and medical experts, the state government said in a statement. Kano, with 13 million inhabitants, has been under lockdown for five weeks to curb the virus which has infected 875 people and claimed 36 lives in the city. The city has also reported a spike in strange deaths apparently not linked to the virus. Worshippers wore face masks, while security guards administered hand sanitiser at the entrance. Around 3,000 people attended the prayers at Kano's central mosque but the service was less than an hour long. They sat shoulder-to-shoulder as they listened to a short sermon by cleric Abdulhadi Ibrahim. "We thank God that we are here to observe the Friday prayers which we ardently hope signals the stabilisation of the coronavirus pandemic," he said. Social distancing was not observed outside the mosque as well. While all the worshippers inside the mosque wore masks, many of those outside, including children, did not. Many children who attended the service did not wear masks. "We are doing all we can to make everyone safe but our capacity is limited as the face masks cannot go round," a local chief at the mosque, told AFP. "We made sure everyone who came into the mosque washed his hands with sanitiser to minimise the risk of transmission," he added. On Sunday, Muslim faithful are expected back in mosques for the Eid prayer to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. "Looking at the faces of worshippers, it is evident everyone is happy that though the prayer has not held for some weeks, it has now been conducted today," worshipper Aminu Garba said. abu/joa/ach
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  • Nigerians flock to pray in virus-hit Kano's mosques
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