S’porean Can Play Mahjong During CNY with Masks On and Sanitize The Tiles
Mahjong is one of the important games during Chinese New Year time
With the Chinese New Year around the corner, where a lot of Singaporean are still unsure of what they can and can’t do during the upcoming celebration. Where the good news appear now as the Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that you can enjoy tossing yusheng with masking up, and you are only allowed to remove them when you’re eating or drinking at a social gathering. Which this also means that individual will still need to keep their masks on when playing mahjong with their buddies.
Always remember to mask on when you aren’t eating or drinking
According to some infectious disease experts also explained that playing mahjong is fine during the pandemic provided that the players ensure the following precautious of
- Wearing a mask throughout the game
- Not touching your face with your hands
- Washing your hands after the game ends
And these are some pretty basic rules which you can remind your relatives in case they have forgotten, plus with the 148 tiles in the mahjong set, you can just dunk them in a bucket of Dettol infused liquid before a game and you should be able to have a safe game with your mahjong kakis.
Clean your hands after the mahjong games end