Dec 22, 2020, 11:12 AM IST
NEW DELHI: While companies across the world are racing to develop COVID-19 vaccine and countries scrambling to secure doses, some religious communities have raised concerns about the use of pork products in the vaccine. Usage or consumption of pork products is banned in some religious groups, say Muslims and Jews.
Rumours across the world have been making rounds that pork meat has been used in developing the Coronavirus vaccine, and subsequently, leading to a debate among the Muslim community about getting the vaccine shot. However, some Muslim scholars have observed that in the Quran, the use of haram items has been allowed to save a person s life.