The National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID19, Sani Aliyu, has said that the corpses of persons who died of Coronavirus are not infectious.
Dr Aliyu said this at the daily briefing of the taskforce committee on Monday April 20th.
According to him, there is no evidence that COVID-19 dead bodies can infect other people.
He said this while reacting to the burial of late Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari.
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“I would like to further clarify the issue of COVID-19 and burial processes. Contrary to what is on social media, the late chief of staff’s body was properly prepared for burial, according to the NCDC guidelines and the Islamic faith.
“The bodies of persons with COVID-19, as stated by the WHO guidelines and I quote, ‘Except in cases of viral haemorrhagic fever and cholera, dead bodies are generally not infectious.
To date, there is no evidence of persons having become infected from exposure to the bodies of persons who have died of COVID-19,” Aliyu said.
