Rizieq Shihab Pray For Anies And Riza To Be Healed Soon From COVID-19

JAKARTA - The Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab prayed for DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and his deputy, Ahmad Riza Patria to immediately test negative for COVID-19.

"For Mr. Anies Baswedan, we pray that he will be healthy and healthy, as well as the Deputy Governor," said Rizieq at the National Dialogue of 100 Ulama and Figures which was broadcast online on Front TV, Wednesday, December 2.

He hopes that Anies and Riza can quickly recover so that they can resume their duties to lead Jakarta.

"He can soon be on duty again as usual and Jakarta is the Toyibah one," he said

In addition, this FPI leader also prayed for the ulama who were also exposed to this virus to be given health immediately.

"In particular, I hope our umara and ulama have been positive for corona in recent times. May all of them be healed by Allah SWT," he said.

Rizieq also asked the people to pray that this pandemic would end soon so that all economic and socio-cultural wheels could recover soon.

"Because this pandemic afflicts everyone, our prayers are for all, may Allah lift the corona epidemic," he said.

Previously, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan announced that he was confirmed positive for COVID-19 in a swab test on Monday, December 30. Anies suspected that he had contracted COVID-19 from DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria, who was first infected with the corona virus.

Meanwhile, Riza was detected as having contracted COVID-19 as of Friday, November 27 from her personal staff, who first caught it through the family cluster.

"After hearing the news that the Deputy Governor was positive, while we had a fairly close interaction, according to the health protocol I returned to the test," Anies said in his statement, Tuesday, December 1.

Anies underwent an antigen swab on Sunday, November 29th as tracing of Riza's positive case and the results were negative. Then, Monday, November 30, Anies again underwent a PCR swab to confirm the previous antigen results.

"It turned out that in the morning I got the news that the results were positive, my PCR test was positive for COVID-19," said Anies.

Even though he has tested positive, the former Minister of Education and Culture will continue to lead Jakarta from home.

"I will continue to work from home, virtually, lead meetings virtually," he said.

Anies claims government affairs as long as he is positive for COVID-19 will not be a problem. Although, currently DKI Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria is also currently positive for COVID-19.

"Since March he has been accustomed to working virtually and God willing, there will be no disruption in the decision-making process and government," he said.