Mayor Of Medan, Bobby Nasution, Urges Residents To Obey COVID-19 Procedures During Ramadan Worship

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution while observing the new moon at the UMSU Astronomical Sciences Observatory Laboratory, Medan, Friday (1/4/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Diskominfo Medan City)

JAKARTA - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution appealed to residents to continue to comply with the COVID-19 health protocol (prokes) when carrying out worship during the holy month of Ramadan this year. "Ramadan fasting," he said in Medan, Saturday as quoted by Antara. The Medan City Government, he continued, did not want religious holidays for the majority of Muslims in this area to be blamed for being the trigger for the spread of COVID-19. Friday (1/4), a total of 72,740 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded, or an increase of 17 new cases compared to Thursday (31/3). people, and 1,013 people died.