- Adel Salman, President of the Islamic Council of Victoria (Australia), which has been running online vaccination information sessions targeted to the local Muslim community, stated that they are observing a noticeable and favorable change in the local Muslim community’s eagerness to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
- The Association of Muslim Professionals, an NGO based in Mumbai (India), announced that it would grant 100 scholarships to “COVID orphans” – a continuation of the NGO’s previous efforts to fund indigent children through other innovative means, including India’s first zakāt-based crowdsourcing platform.