Stakeholders in the energy sector have urged the government to stick to the Millennium Power Compact (MCC) proposals for addressing power sector losses and increasing revenue generation at the Electricity Company of Ghana. The stakeholders, representing heads of civil society organizations (CSOs) in the energy sector, made the call in…
Sri Lanka: Covid-19 Deaths are to burn or to bury -The deadly question slguardian.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from slguardian.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
by Rajan Philips
To burn or to bury? That has become the bedeviling Covid-19 question in Sri Lanka with no respect for the dead and no empathy for those who are left to mourn. According to WHO guidelines, Covid-19 victim’s bodies are not infectious, unless other complications are involved – such as hemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, Marburg) or cholera. In general, dead bodies themselves are not infectious, but body fluids are and they secrete even after death. So, there is universal insistence on and compliance with the protocols for handing dead bodies, not only by funeral workers but also by families. But the question, whether cremation or burial, is a redundant question and it has been unnecessarily overwrought. But only in Sri Lanka, and chiefly by the government itself.
To Burn Or To Bury? The Deadly Question
Rajan Philips
To burn or to bury? That has become the bedeviling Covid-19 question in Sri Lanka with no respect for the dead and no empathy for those who are left to mourn. According to WHO guidelines, Covid-19 victim’s bodies are not infectious, unless other complications are involved – such as hemorrhagic fevers (Ebola, Marburg) or cholera. In general, dead bodies themselves are not infectious, but body fluids are and they secrete even after death. So, there is universal insistence on and compliance with the protocols for handing dead bodies, not only by funeral workers but also by families. But the question, whether cremation or burial, is a redundant question and it has been unnecessarily overwrought. But only in Sri Lanka, and chiefly by the government itself.