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Indonesia's Vice President: "Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine is Halal", U-Turned: "Vaccine ‘does not need to be halal’ "

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VICE-president and senior Muslim cleric Ma’ruf Amin has said the Covid-19 vaccine currently being prepared by the government does not have to be halal, a spokesman said.

Vice-presidential spokesman Masduki Baidowi said Ma’ruf’s statement came during a meeting with Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan about the progress of the vaccine currently being developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac in partnership with state-owned pharmaceutical firm PT Bio Farma. “The vice-president explained an important thing: If the vaccine is halal then that’s good, there’s no problem, but if it is not halal it’s also not a problem,” Masduki said in a statement on Friday.

“Because it’s an emergency situation it’s okay to use (a non-halal vaccine).”

This statement seems to contradict a previous statement made by Masduki in August, in which he said the vice-president had urged Bio Farma to ensure that the much-anticipated Covid-19 vaccine would have halal certification before it was distributed.

Masduki said Ma’ruf, who is also currently the non-active chairman of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI), would ask an MUI team to go to Beijing to verify whether or not the vaccine was halal.

“But that will not be an obstacle. Why? I reiterate once again that a non-halal (vaccine) in an emergency situation is permitted,” he said.

Later, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said lockdowns are unnecessary and can unduly harm the economy in a video posted on the Presidential Secretariat’s official YouTube channel.

Jokowi reiterated that public health was the government’s number one priority, but added a caveat: “Prioritising health doesn’t necessarily mean sacrificing the economy.

“Sacrificing the economy is the same as sacrificing the lives of tens of millions of people, which is not an option for us.”

He said that his administration was constantly looking to find a “balanced” way to address the outbreak.

“So, there is no need to act high and mighty about implementing lockdowns in provinces, regencies or cities because it will sacrifice the people’s livelihoods.

“But we are still serious about preventing the outbreak from spreading further,” he said. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
 

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Ensure Covid-19 Vaccine is Halal, Says Indonesia's Vice President August 27, 2020, 10.26 PM

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesia’s Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has reminded the country’s vaccine manufacturer PT Bio Farma to develop a communication strategy on halal Covid-19 vaccine or comply with Islamic standards. “Build the communication strategy in ensuring the Covid-19 vaccine is halal [permissible according to Islamic law] to avoid any doubts. This should not be a problem,” said Ma’ruf during a virtual meeting with PT Bio Farma on August 27. State firm PT Bio Farma is currently conducting Phase 3 clinical trials after receiving about 2,400 vaccine doses from its counterpart Sinovac Biotech Ltd of China. The company will produce up to 250 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine early next year. Also read: Indonesia’s Bio Farma to Get 50M Doses of Covid-19 Bulk Vaccine Starting November Ma’ruf underscored the need of providing a clear explanation of the halal certification of the Covid-19 vaccine. This, he said, is to prevent what had happened to the previous issue on the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine from reoccurring. He said that when the MR vaccine was distributed to the public, it had yet to be certified as halal. Learning from past experiences, Ma’ruf called on the relevant parties to familiarize the Covid-19 vaccine with a good communication approach to ensure the smooth running of the vaccination program. “The Covid-19 issue has impacted our nation in terms of health, social, and economic aspects. The key [to overcoming the issue] is to have the vaccines, and the vaccines must be certified as halal,” he said. Also read: Erick Thohir: Coronavirus Pandemic Pushing Indonesia to Go Digital: Previously, during a ceremony to mark the start of Phase 3 clinical trials in Bandung in West Java, State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir gave an assurance that the vaccine complied with Islamic standards. “We ask for your support and prayers for the [development of] the vaccine. I can assure you that the vaccine is halal,” said Erick, who is also the chief executive of the Covid-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery Committed on August 11. He said after the Phase 3 clinical trials are done, his office will register the vaccine with the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) before mass production takes place and to contain the Covid-19 in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country.
 

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Whether an item or food is halal or not is authorised by a Prime Minister??? He is the spoke person of his religion just because he is a PM?? is that how it is processed? i am confuse now.
 

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Whether an item or food is halal or not is authorised by a Prime Minister??? He is the spoke person of his religion just because he is a PM?? is that how it is processed? i am confuse now.
Halal or not depends on individual. If he is on the brink off death, the he will take whatever that can cure him.
 
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