Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance for churches.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have written to clergy with an update on their guidance:
In light of the continued increase of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the United Kingdom, our guidance is to suspend the administration of the chalice as well as physical contact during the sharing of the Peace, blessing or "laying on of hands". We advise that all priests should:
Offer Communion in one kind only to all communicants i.e. the consecrated bread/wafer/host, with the priest alone taking the wine;
Suspend handshaking or other direct physical contact during the sharing of the Peace;
Suspend direct physical contact as part of a blessing or "laying on of hands".