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The months of Ramadan in 2020 and 2021 are still in the atmosphere of the Covid-19 pandemic. An atmosphere where people are prohibited from crowding around, always wear masks, wash their hands, keep their distance, and are prohibited to visit their relatives (homecoming).

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) decided that the Test Swab and Rapid Antigen did not break the fast. For people who want to do a swab test either through the nose or throat, it is still possible to do it. This provision is contained in the MUI Fatwa Number 23 of 2021 concerning the Law of the Swab Test for the Detection of Covid-19 during Fasting, which was stipulated on April 7, 2021. In addition to the swab test, the Chair of MUI in the Fatwa Division Asrorun Niam Sholeh said, the MUI Fatwa Commission has decided on Fatwa Number 13 of 2021 concerning the Law of Covid-19 Vaccination when Fasting. The fatwa states that Covid-19 vaccination does not invalidate fasting because it is carried out by intramuscular injection or injection. In line with this fatwa, vaccination activities are still ongoing to provide protection to the community.

Because it is still in the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic, people are urged to remain disciplined in implementing health protocols and reducing mobility out of the house.

If you want to pray tarawih and tadarus (reading the holy Quran) at the mosque, the congregation and administrators must carry out health protocols such as wearing masks, bringing their own prayer equipment, maintaining distance and avoiding crowds to avoid the risk of Covid-19 transmission.

 

Tonang Dwi Ardyanto, dr., Sp.PK., Ph.D,
Deputy Director of Education and Research at UNS Hospital and lecturer of FK UNS

(14/4/2021) As conveyed by the lecturer of PPDS Clinical Pathology FK UNS and also as Deputy Director of Education and Research at UNS Hospital, Tonang Dwi Ardyanto, dr., Sp.PK., Ph.D, "Confirmed the MUI fatwa that the vaccine is injected into the muscle and then the lymph gland is captured to stimulate the growth of antibodies. This is different from that which is dripped by mouth. So, the Covid-19 vaccine currently circulating is injected through the muscles, not through the digestive tract.”

Picture: Illustration of the Covid-19 vaccine during its injection into the body

 

Public Relation of FK UNS: Ari Kusbiyanto
Translator: Wartini