Every year, on January 9, hundreds of thousands of mostly barefoot Roman Catholic devotees wearing maroon shirts join in pulling and pushing a carriage of the life-sized wooden icon of Jesus Christ carrying the cross.
The Department of Health (DOH) advised devotees who were present during the Feast of the Black Nazarene to isolate and contact their respective local government units (LGUs) once the experience any Covid-19 symptom.
“The grand procession of the image of the Black Nazarene will no longer push through on January 9, 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Manila’s public information office said in a statement.