Infection control of COVID-19, how consistent is the medical perspective and the Islamic perspective?

• Main Authors: Mohamed, Mossad Abdelhak Shaban, Rosternberghe, Hans, Ramli, Noraida, Ibrahim, Roshidah, Mossad, Manar
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia Publication type: Print & Electronic 2020
• Subjects: RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/86303/4/IHEC%20USIM%202020%20Abstract%20Book%20Updated%2017.12.20.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86303/10/C%20135%20slides.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86303/

In the era of the current COVID-19 pandemic, the infection control becomes of utmost importance at individual and global levels to control the crisis. There is scarce data on the extent of consistency between the Islamic regulations and the medical recommendation. These include travel bans and quar...