(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette)
By Indika Sri Aravinda
An expert committee has maintained that the cremation of coronavirus victims is the only option.
The expert committee which met and discussed the matter, had maintained that burial of coronavirus victims cannot be approved in Sri Lanka.
"The committee met and discussed the matter and their position at the moment is that cremation is the only solution," Director General of Health Services Dr. Asela Gunawardena told Colombo Gazette.
Thalaimannar had been proposed to bury Muslim coronavirus victims.
When the matter was discussed by the cabinet recently most of the cabinet Ministers had agreed to the proposal.
The committee of health experts had later been advised to study the matter and revert.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Sri Lanka Ms Hanaa Singer had earlier written to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa reiterating concerns with the existing Ministry of Health guidelines, which stipulate cremation as the only method for the disposal of bodies suspected of COVID-19 infection.
She had said that the common assumption that people who died of a communicable disease should be cremated to prevent spread is not supported by evidence. Instead, cremation is a matter of cultural choice and available resources. (Colombo Gazette)
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