Jambi Governor Surprised, 44 Percent Of The 2,000 Pilgrims Of Hajj Candidates Have Not Been Injected With The COVID Vaccine

Jambi Governor Al Haris. (ANTARA/Nanang Mairiadi)

Jambi Governor Al Haris was surprised to hear that 44 percent of the more than 2,000 Hajj Candidates (JCH) from the province had not been vaccinated against COVID-19. "Seeing that 44 percent of Jambi's JCH is known to have not vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of departure to the Holy Land, I hope this issue will not pose a problem for calhaj in carrying out this year's Hajj," Al Haris said in Jambi, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, May 30. He requested that the relevant agencies can seek vaccination as soon as possible so that all Jambi Hajj candidates can depart. Not only that, today the governor summoned all relevant parties, both from the Jambi Ministry of Religion, the Hajj committee and the Health Office and the Jambi Airport health center. Al Haris asked for clarity regarding the Jambi Hajj candidate regarding the vaccination requirements and his party will summon the Jambi Ministry of Religion Head, Hajj committee, Health Office, and airport health center. "We have to solve this issue of prospective Hajj candidates, I will ask directly, from 44 percent there is a congenital disease (comorbid), which does not have to be vaccinated. Therefore, we will ask for a letter of recommendation, if not, all must be vaccinated," he said. Al Haris' desire to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination for pilgrims because the departure of the candidate for Hajj from Jambi is just a matter of days. If this issue has been resolved, it is believed that later there will be no pilgrims who are threatened with not leaving. "There is still time before departure, if later there is no congenital disease, you can get vaccinated as soon as possible so that later it will not become a problem for the Saudi Arabian Government," said Al Haris. The governor hopes that the issue of 44 percent of pilgrims who have not been vaccinated can be resolved. He hopes that all pilgrims from Jambi can go to the Holy Land. Previously, Assistant Assistant I for People's Welfare and Government of the Jambi Provincial Secretariat, Iskandar Nasution, admitted that there were pilgrims who had not vaccinated against COVID-19 based on reports from the Jambi Provincial Health Office regarding that there were still several pilgrims who had not implemented the 1 and 2 vaccines as a condition of flight.

It was revealed that there were still many prospective pilgrims who had not been vaccinated after the cross-sectoral coordination meeting of organizing the hajj in the Regional Office of the Jambi Provincial Ministry of Religion today. The follow-up to the issue in the meeting will write a letter, which will be submitted by the Health Office to the Head of Regional Office, and city regents in Jambi to facilitate pilgrims for Hajj candidates to vaccinate.