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Algerians return to beaches, mosques despite pandemic

Algiers, Aug 15 (EFE) .- Thousands of Algerians Saturday resumed their summer customs and filled terraces, beaches and mosques on the first day of the ease of preventive measures against the coronavirus pandemic.(Camera: NACERA OUABOU) FOOTAGE SHOWS ALGERIANS AT THE BEACH IN ALGIERS, ALGERIA. SOUNDBITES OF A VACATIONER, ONE OF THE FAITHFUL AND A MOSQUE IMAM.TRANSLATIONS:1.- Vacationer"It is a good initiative that came late but better than ever, I hope that people respect the procedures so that the authorities do not close the beaches again since the children have suffered during the confinement period and after spending two months of the summer without a beach ".2.- One of the faithful."What a relief, with the confinement we have forgotten the way to the mosque, but now, thank God, life is slowly returning to normal, very happy to pray again in the mosque."3.- Mosque magnet."Thank God for this pleasant news, that of the reopening of the mosques after a period of five months that kept their doors closed before the faithful, which caused enormous sadness, in particular, for the elderly who came to cry at the entrance, I thank the authorities for this decision and I ask the faithful to apply the preventive measures that are necessary to avoid contamination. "