You can’t have corpses of COVID-19 victims for burial, FG informs Nigerians
The Federal Government has told families of those killed by Coronavirus that they would not have the victims’ corpses released to them.
This was disclosed by Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who said that corpses of persons who tested positive for Coronavirus cannot be claimed for brial.
Rather, Alhaji Mohammed said such corpses would be handled by officials of the Ministry of Health because they are contagious.
He said this while speaking at a forum, in Abuja, to give an update on the activities of the presidential task force on COVID-19.
According to the minister commended Nigerians for complying with the Federal Government’s stay-at-home directive, adding that it would boost the efforts of stakeholders in the fight to curb the spread of Coronavirus.
His words, “Coronavirus is very dangerous and contagious; there is no medicine for it yet and it is not just capable of killing, overwhelming healthcare system, it will destroy the economy.
“In some countries, they are putting dead bodies in big refrigerators, because the morgues have filled up.
“Nigerians should not forget that these are not the type of corpses that can be claimed for burial because it must be handled by the ministry of health,” he said.
The minister also solicited for the cooperation of citizens and asked them to “stay safe, obey simple instructions of basic hygiene and social distancing,” adding that “in a few weeks, we will resume our normal life”.
