…Condemns Unprofessional Conduct at Gudu Cemetary
By Our Reporter
Abuja – The Acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat FCTA, Mohammed Kawu said the Public Health Department has since identified all the individuals including the man in question that participated in the burial and were not properly kitted and are being isolated.
The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT Administration also condemned the unprofessional conduct at Gudu Cemetary captured in the video trending on social media, showing a man pulling off his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) unprofessionally after participating in the burial of the late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja.
The statement by acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat FCTA, Mohammed Kawu said the Public Health Department has since taken neccasry action.
The FCTA added that the said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated.
It said In addition, all the individuals including the man in question that participated in the burial and were not properly kitted have been identified and are being isolated.
Doctor Kawu said necessary tests will be conducted on all of them to determine their level of exposure and ensure that they do not infect other people.
The statement further stressed that the Administration has also taken steps to ensure that all future burials of victims of COVID 19 are conducted in line with protocols established by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), while advising residents to remain calm and rest assured that the FCT Administration will continue to do all that is necessary to curtail and eventually end the spread of the Coronavirus in the FCT.
