Congenital And Genetical Disorders’ (CGD) Association And Interaction With Covid-19 And Its Health Care Management Post Pandemic: A Maqasid-Based Approach

Since December 2019, Covid-19 infections have been threatening the balance of human lifetime in a number of areas, including the health care system, the economy, psychological characteristics, and the education gap. Millions of people, around the globe today, who survives from Covid-19 pandemic indeed struggling to live in a post-Covid complexities condition, particularly those who are having pre-existing comorbid conditions which include complicated congenital and genetic disorders (CGD). CGD event occurs out of chromosomal aberrations which may cause the congenital malformation and mental handicap since birth. Some studies show that some congenital and genetical disorders have great association with Covid-19 pandemic; although it may not have much significant physical effect, it is rather psychologically reflected and may pose a high-index of severity of Covid-19 complications and led to catastrophic event if not thread carefully. Some of these (CGD), are rare diseases which pose asymmetrical from different context toward the objective of preservation
of live (hifz al-nafs), preservation of lineage (hifz al-nasl) and preservation of health (hifz al-sihhah). Covid-19 envisioned a difficult situation during and post COVID-19 pandemic, thus the bird’s -eye view through the maqasid syariah's is crucial. Herein, this qualitative methodology which using document review method will highlight a conceptual and practical gap within the health care management addressing some congenital and genetical disorders with Covid-19 pandemic, hoping that it will foster the higher objective of Islamic law from maqasid frameworks in a great deliberation in a way may create a model of handling congenital and genetical disorders’ (CGD) association and interaction with covid-19 and its health care management during pandemic.