Bhubaneswar: The devotees will no longer be required to produce COVID-19 vaccination certificates to enter any religious institute in the capital city.
The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an order in this regard on Wednesday.
Considering the current scenario and the coverage of vaccination, the devotees will no longer be required to produce vaccination certificates or ID proofs for visit to any religious institutions, the BMC said.
Further there will not be any condition on priests/Sevayats to produce double vaccination certificates. However, the religious institution authorities are required to ensure all COVID appropriate behavior like social distancing, mask wearing and hand sanitization within their premises, it added.
Earlier, the BMC ordered that only doubly vaccinated individual will be allowed for darshan and conduct rituals and pujas at the religious institutions.