BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Borneo Bulletin/Asia News Network): Minister of Religious Affairs Awang Badaruddin Awang Othman called on the public to protect themselves by getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
Parents were also urged to give consent to have their adolescent children, between the ages of 12 to 17, inoculated.
“The public should not be concerned about the vaccine as it is safe in Syarak with no impurities found to prevent us from taking it,” the minister said, adding that “the vaccine proves to be effective and reduces the risk of infection”.
Awang Badaruddin highlighted this at the weekly Munajat Night, organised by the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MoRA) on Saturday (Nov 20), in view of the small number of MoRA officials and public members who are hesitant to receive immunisation.
Munajat night, the 10th event of its kind, received encouraging response from the public, MoRA workforce and their families. The virtual gathering invites participants to get closer to Allah the Almighty by asking for forgiveness through Munajat, Istighfar, Surah Yaasiin, Zikir, Selawat and supplications.
The reading of Asma’ul Husna and Selawat were also conducted.
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