A new Executive Order
signed by Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, to check the spread of the
coronavirus pandemic has
prescribed N10m fine for any burial conducted contrary
to the provisions of the order.
The Order, RVSG –
122020, which has been gazetted, issued new guidelines for conducting burials
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Section 3 stipulated
that any person intending to hold a public burial in the state or take any
corpse outside the state for burial must apply to the governor for approval
through the Commissioner for Health.
The order, which took
effect from June 5 said an application for such burial of Ny person that died
from February 1,2020 must be accompanied by a death certificate showing whether
or not the death was related to COVID-19.
Section 4 of the order
said: “The applicant shall pay a penalty of N10,000,000 to the government of
Rivers State for any breach of the conditions, guidelines or protocols
specified in the approval and set out herein”.
It said where the
person died of coronavirus must hold between 9am to 12noon, not more than three
hours with not more than 50 persons including family members in attendance.
The order further also
provided that every person attending the burial must maintain social distancing
of not more than two metres adding that all surfaces and enclosures must be
decontaminated after the burial.
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