Officers Slaughtering Sacrificial Animals In Tanjungpinang Mandatory Antigen Test

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TANJUNGPINANG - The Tanjungpinang City Government, Riau Islands, has implemented a policy that all mosque administrators assigned to slaughter and handle sacrificial animals must undergo a free antigen swab test at the local health center.

Head of the Tanjungpinang Health Service, Nugraheni, said her party had prepared health workers in all public health centers to carry out free antigens for officers slaughtering sacrificial animals.

The requirement to get a free antigen test is that officers only need to bring their ID card and family card to get a free antigen swab test.

"The public health center will cooperate with the village head", she said, quoted by Antara, Monday, July 19.

Currently, there are more than 200 cutting points in Tanjungpinang.

"The data already exists from the Welfare sector. We have disseminated it to all health centers", she said.

Meanwhile, the Tanjungpinang City Government Prokes Coordinator, Surjadi, said that cutting officers are required to carry out antigen tests. For the slaughter of sacrificial animals, each officer is required to carry out an antigen test to ensure that they are not infected with COVID-19.

"It will be arranged by the public health center for each mosque", he said.

Surjadi emphasized that the antigen test carried out by the slaughtering officer was free.

For the distribution of sacrificial meat, he said, the slaughtering officer is obliged to deliver it to the homes of each recipient. He did not allow crowds in the mosque due to the taking of sacrificial meat.

"The meat is delivered to their respective homes", he said.