Ramadan Fasting and COVID-19 Testing: Lessons learnt from 2020 Pandemic versus Faith

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Published: Mar 23, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32457/ijmss.v8i2.1503
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Covid-19, pandemic, religion COVID-19, pandemia, religión

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Gondode, P., Sawatkar, G., Kamal , F., Raipure, A., & Dabhekar, S. (2021). Ramadan Fasting and COVID-19 Testing: Lessons learnt from 2020: Pandemic versus Faith. International Journal of Medical and Surgical Sciences, 8(2), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.32457/ijmss.v8i2.1503
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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2021): June 2021
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Letters
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Ramadan Fasting and COVID-19 Testing: Lessons learnt from 2020
Pandemic versus Faith

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Dr Prakash Gyandev Gondode
Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1014-8407
Dr Gitesh Sawatkar
Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-371X
Dr Fatema Kamal
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2253-7397
Dr Amrusha Raipure
Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5740-5306
Dr Sandeep Dabhekar
Department of Otolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur, India.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8332-3395

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Will a Covid-19 coronavirus test break your Ramadan fast? Fatwa council responds. Web Report. Khaleej Times. 2020 Apr 21.Available from: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/coronavirus-test-will-not-break-your-ramadan-fast-says-uae-fatwa-council (Accessed 8 March 2021)