The public health preventive measures taken by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are very similar to those adopted by Ibn Sina, the father of Islamic medicine, as early as 10 centuries!

Malaysia’s health director Noor Hisham tweeted a movie clip taken in 1968 on Facebook this morning about how Ibn Sina curbed the spread of infectious diseases.

Ibn Sina was a medical scientist and natural scientist in 1000 AD, and is also considered the father of early modern medicine.

In this three-minute video shared by Noor Hisham ,Ibn Sina revealed the nature of infectious diseases when visiting a scholar and pointed out that during the epidemic, people must wash their hands and change clothes frequently, and they must live Some customs have been implemented, including the need to close markets and mosques for a while, allow people to pray at home, maintain social distancing, avoid virus infection, isolate people who are sick, and prevent groups from gathering.

Although Ibn Sina was an early medical scientist, his viewpoint that people should abide by new habits more than 1,000 years ago also applies to the new normal that people must abide by today.

Nuo Xishan also wrote in the post: “Although we live in different times, the principles of public health remain unchanged. The ultimate goal is to improve people’s health through all necessary preventive measures.”