The Health and Human
Services Secretariat of the FCT Administration has announced the identification and isolation of all those
who participated in the burial ceremony of President Buhari’s Chief of Staff,
Abba Kyari, including the man spotted in a viral video carelessly dumping his
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
FCTA authorities admitting
that some of those who participated in the burial were not properly kitted or
disposing their PPEs unprofessionally after the burial ceremony, said necessary
tests will be conducted on all those identified to determine their level of
exposure to curb other being infected.
Acting Secretary
Health and Human Services Secretariat Dr Mohammed Kawu, said the FCTA 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).
The statement reads;
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, Malam 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
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 Nigerian 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.
