COVID-19 Vaccination Services At Ogan Komering Ulu During Ramadan 2022 Still Open

Executor of the Duties of the Head of the OKU Health Department Andi Prapto. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana)

SUMSEL - The COVID-19 vaccination service in Ogan Komering Ulu Regency, South Sumatra Province (Sumsel) will remain open during Ramadan 2022 or 1443 Hijriah.

"During the fasting month, we will continue to provide vaccinations for residents," said Ogan Komering Ulu District Health Office Acting Head Andi Prapto in Baturaja, Tuesday, March 29, as reported by Antara.

He said the COVID-19 vaccination would still be carried out considering that there was already a fatwa from the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) that vaccination could be carried out during Ramadan and that it would not invalidate the fast that Muslims observe.

"Based on the fatwa, Muslims may be vaccinated even though they are fasting during the holy month of Ramadan this year," he said.

Because, he said, the vaccine is administered by intramuscular injection or by injecting drugs through muscles that do not break the fast.

It's just that, he continued, people who will be vaccinated must still be in good health and not weak in body power so that the vaccine is safe to give even if they are fasting.

"The vaccination services that we will provide to the community during fasting will start from the first dose of vaccine to boosters," he added.

The OKU Health Office will optimize all vaccination service points in 18 health centers spread across local districts so that people can get vaccines quickly and easily.

"Given that the fasting month is not as long as normal days, so that maximum services are needed so that it is easier for people to get the COVID-19 vaccine," he said.