{"id":374,"date":"2020-08-20T14:21:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/?p=374"},"modified":"2020-08-20T14:23:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:23:43","slug":"no-changes-to-funeral-service-restrictions-on-20-august-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/funeral-industry\/2020\/08\/20\/no-changes-to-funeral-service-restrictions-on-20-august-review\/","title":{"rendered":"No Changes To Funeral Service Restrictions On 20 August Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her statement to Parliament today (20 August), the First Minister did not announce any changes to the current funeral service restrictions. Current restrictions remain in place, which includes: a maximum of 20 people allowed to attend a funeral service at both indoor\/outdoor venues, with face coverings mandatory at indoor venues (with some exceptions). The update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/covid-19-framework-decision-making-scotlands-route-map-through-out-crisis-phase-3-update-20-august-2020\/\">Scottish Government\u2019s COVID-19 route map (Phase 3)<\/a> in now available online.<\/p>\n<p>The First Minister did announce her intention to enable more people to attend funeral wakes, with restricted numbers, from mid-September. More details, including permitted numbers, will be set out shortly. Funeral wakes are currently subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-what-you-can-and-cannot-do\/pages\/seeing-friends-and-family\/\">general indoor\/outdoor friends and family gatherings restrictions<\/a>. We will announce more on the subject of funeral wakes when we can.<\/p>\n<p>The First Minister\u2019s full speech can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/coronavirus-covid-19-update-first-ministers-speech-20-august-2020\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her statement to Parliament today (20 August), the First Minister did not announce any changes to the current funeral service restrictions. Current restrictions remain in place, which includes: a maximum of 20 people allowed to attend a funeral service at both indoor\/outdoor venues, with face coverings mandatory at indoor venues (with some exceptions). 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