All the persons who participated in the burial of Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, but not well kitted have been identified and will be kept in isolation.
This include one of them who disposed his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) unprofessionally as shown in a video that went viral.
The Acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat, FCTA, Dr. Mohammed Kawu, made this known.
The move was to prevent further spread of coronavirus.
He also gave assurance that subsequent similar exercise would be handled in a professional manner.
He said already, the cemetery where Kyari was buried had been decontaminated while the PPE wrongly disposed had been professionally evacuated.
His statement reads in part:
“The Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCT Administration has noted with concern 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, Mallam Abba Kyari, at the Gudu cemetery, Abuja.
“The Public Health Department has since taken necessary action.
“The said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated.
“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.
“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 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 Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
“Residents are therefore urged 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.”
