The committee, which includes Professor Salim S Abdool Karim, said the practice contravenes certain cultural beliefs and rituals. It added that consequently, some graves have been dug up, the bodies illegally exhumed and the plastic coverings removed and the coffin reburied without approval and following guidelines.
“The possibility of the virus escaping during pressure applied to the chest soon after death might expel live virus but this has not been proven. Some reports indicate that some funeral parlours have been charging up to R7 500 to wrap a coffin with plastic as a measure to prevent Covid-19 transmission.
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Probably come up with this now because they can't explain why Mtembu'sciffin wasn't wrapped
I feel for families who buried their loved ones without seeing them because the were told the corpse can transmit covid 19.
I mean are you serious after almost a year of that nonsense exactly 😒then an official dies and all of sudden it's not necessary
Nizothini kengoku Zweli? DrZweliMkhize
Gibberish
So whoever came up with the idea to wrap up the corpse? Based on what? Factual communication is paramount during such times.
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