CHINA-TIBET: TWO OLDER MONASTERIES IN SHANNAN CLOSED DUE TO COVID-19
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In separate but similar notifications issued on April 14 and 15, the Samye and Yasang Monastery Management Committees respectively said that as “per circular from higher authorities, and in accordance with the need of work relating to the prevention of the infectious coronavirus” the monasteries will be closed from those dates including for "visitation and purification ritual and providing support". The Samye and Yasang monasteries are located in Lhokha (Chinese: Shannan) prefecture, with Samye being considered the oldest Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
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