保持开斋节al-adha肉从Covid-19：当局

卫生当局敦促食品安全处理nd slaughter during Eid al-Adha, as livestock sales and meat donations have been encouraged to move online to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at markets.

The World Health Organization has called for strict rules around animal slaughter ahead of this weekend’s global celebrations for Eid Al-Adha — meaning festival of sacrifice.

While the source of the virus that causes COVID-19 is not yet known, evidence suggests it is zoonotic — a disease that can jump from animals to humans — and has been在家庭宠物中检测到, such as cats.

“大多数粮食援助分布到遥远的地方，难以到达地区。我们正在竭尽全力确保我们遵循Covid-19的准则。”

Zaheer Afzal, Islamic Relief Worldwide

“Understanding which animal species are most susceptible to the virus is important in discovering potential animal reservoirs to mitigate transmission and future outbreaks,” the世卫组织的开斋节指导说。

世卫组织建议屠杀今年不会在家里进行，而是建议家庭通过集中式机构分发肉类捐赠。

About 1.8 billion Muslims will celebrate the annual four-day festival, which begins tomorrow. It is marked by many by slaughtering animals and distributing meat to family, friends and neighbours. Muslims are required to also make donations of meat to the poor — known as qurbani.

Going online

巴基斯坦总理伊姆兰·汗（Imran Khan）建议今年的人们在网上购买牲畜，以避免公开市场，人们将彼此紧密接触。

App designers have anticipated the desire for online animal sales and qurbani donations. TheQurbani App复制在市场上购买的过程，允许巴基斯坦人买卖动物，向兽医提供有关牲畜的建议，并分发肉。它提供牛，绵羊和山羊和承诺，以分发肉，同时通过WhatsApp提供实时更新。

全球伊斯兰救济称已收到约15万个在线Qurbani捐赠，这将为30个国家 /地区的约300万人提供肉。

Seasonal programmes manager, Zaheer Afzal, says the charity organisation is working with local health authorities to carry out animal health checks, and maintain food hygiene at slaughterhouses and during distribution.

“We are delivering to houses, also in some cases small gatherings of up to 50 people by maintaining social distancing,” he says.

“我们正在竭尽全力确保我们遵循Covid-19的准则。”

Qurbani donations are not only a requirement in Islam, but they also provide some people with their only meal of meat in the year, Afzal says.

“在所有这些国家中，提供基本食品是政府的首要任务之一。大多数粮食援助分布到遥远的地方，难以到达地区。”他说。

阿夫扎尔说，接收者处于遭受冲突的也门和叙利亚，以及非洲的部分地区，例如索马里和乍得，他们面临着干旱，饥荒和肉类过高的高昂成本。

Distant celebrations

在开斋节的指导中，谁认为取消宗教聚会“应该被认真考虑”，以虚拟替代方案取代。在不可能的情况下，世卫组织说崇拜者应该使用个人祈祷垫和清真寺应限制其服务能力和服务时间。

Iraq’s government has imposed a total curfew during the holiday. But, some governments in Muslim-majority countries have given the green light to limited festivities, though many places of worship remain closed as part of lockdowns.

Among its guidelinesfor preventing the spread of COVID-19 during Eid al-Adha, the Pakistani government has called for mandatory thermal screenings at mosques, while imams have been asked to give sermons on infection prevention.

印度尼西亚是世界卫生组织东南亚地区记录的COVID-19案件数量最多的人，正在施加严格的卫生协议。但是，由于经济压力的增加，政府还呼吁向慈善机构捐款更多。