Tag: fight against COVID-19

By Yahya Hatim With over 1.2 million cases recorded worldwide, the novel coronavirus pandemic has put the whole world on high alert. Fatalities have reached nearly 60,000 and if not for three inventions–soap, alcohol, and quarantine–the number would be even higher. The common trait between the inventions, aside from their efficiency in limiting the COVID-19 spread, is that Muslim scientists played a major role in their development. Antibacterial soap “Washing your hands with soap and water … kills viruses that may be on your hands,” reads the first recommendation on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) website. Soap has been described as a...