Female Mormon missionaries may now wear slacks to fend off Zika
The Salt Lake Tribune:
Some "sister" LDS missionaries will now be allowed to wear pants during their full-time proselytizing service - but only in areas affected by mosquito-borne viral diseases such as Zika, Dengue Fever and Chikungunya and only during the "wet seasons".
In those areas - which include 230 missions, or roughly half the Utah-based faith's missions - female missionaries are "strongly encouraged to wear clothing that covers exposed skin, especially arms and legs...during (proselytizing) hours," The Church of Latter-day Saints said in a statement Friday. "They will continue to wear skirts or dresses when attending the temple and during the Sunday worship services, conferences and baptismal services."
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