City Issues Standard Funeral Procedures to Bury COVID-19 Victims

That means this is probably those who have not yet been tested

The Jakarta Provincial Government has issued its standard funeral procedures to bury Covid-19 victims.

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan revealed the funeral procedures issued are the corpse must be wrapped in plastic, using a chest, must be buried in less than 4 hours and the officer must use a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

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He mentions the funeral rates according to the COVID-19 procedure continue to grow every day. As of March 6 to 29, there have been 283 cases in which the number is higher compared to official figures on COVID-19 deaths.

"That means this is probably those who have not yet been tested. Hence it cannot be called positive or has been tested but there have been no results or the test results have not released, then died," he expressed, in the COVID-19 Daily Brief at the Jakarta City Hall, Monday (3/30), as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release.

As for the information, the technical implementation of the corpse handling has been stated in the Jakarta Health Agency's Circular Letter number 55/2020. Meanwhile, the technical implementation of the funeral has been stated in the Jakarta City Parks and Forests Agency's Circular Letter number 05/2020.

Therefore, people who need more information on funeral service for COVID-19 victims may contact the call center at 5480137 or 5484544.