{"id":13996,"date":"2020-09-07T18:31:31","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=13996"},"modified":"2020-09-07T18:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:31:31","slug":"health-ministry-to-revise-burial-guidelines-for-covid-victims-says-bodies-not-infectious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/health-ministry-to-revise-burial-guidelines-for-covid-victims-says-bodies-not-infectious","title":{"rendered":"Health Ministry to revise burial guidelines for Covid victims, says bodies not infectious"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Dr Mercy Korir\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Ministry of Health is to draw up new\u00a0burial protocols after observing that bodies of people who have died from Covid-19 do not transmit the virus. The revision of guidelines is expected to enable family members to bury their kin in a dignified manner.<\/p>\n<p>According to its daily Ministry of Health Covid-19 Situation Report of September 4, 2020, the main mode of transmission of Covid-19 is via droplets, hence, the family members need to observe basic infection prevention and control and be allowed to participate in a dignified burial for their departed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn infection prevention and control protocols on the handling of Covid-19 bodies and burials, it was noted that the main mode of transmission for Covid-19 is through droplets.\u201d read the report in part.\u00a0The ministry admits that the current burial practices under Covid-19 containment measures have been inappropriate and caused psychological trauma to families.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyans have been witnessing\u00a0bizarre and traumatic burials\u00a0following the deaths of persons suspected or confirmed to have Covid-19.\u00a0In April, a KPA employee, 59-year-old\u00a0James Oyugi\u00a0was hurriedly buried in the dead of the night when his body was unceremoniously thrown into the shallow grave sparking outcry across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCovid- 19 burial SoPs have been revised to address rational use of PPEs and body handling,\u201d \u00a0the report added. \u00a0\u00a0So far, Kenya has recorded 597 deaths out of the over 35,000 cases detected in the country.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-group readmore my-3\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The drop in cases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry has also observed a drop in the number of inpatient and ICU admissions in various hospitals. As at the time of the report on September 4, KU Teaching and Referral Hospital had 24 confirmed patients, and 20 suspected to have the virus.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers, compared to the previous month of August which had 100 was a drastic drop in cases.<\/p>\n<p>Tigoni Covid Hospital which had 70 patients the previous month only had six patients admitted.\u00a0The Ministry attributes this drop in numbers to Home-Based Care where those that have no or mild symptoms of Covid-19 are being managed at home.<\/p>\n<p>The other reasons are a reduction in the number of people being tested due to a shortage of testing kits in addition to a change in the testing strategy where only people who are symptomatic, in hospital, prisons and healthcare workers are being tested.<\/p>\n<p>In the report, the Ministry admits that it is also unable to track all contacts of cases \u201cand due to Home Based Care, not all cases are captured since many patients now opt to stay at home and may not be a captured (missed cases).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenya\u2019s Covid-19 infection positivity rate in the last week has been at five per cent, right at the recommended WHO mark that should indicate that a country is succeeding in the containment of the disease. On average, the positivity rate has been at 7.6 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author:\u00a0Dr Mercy Korir\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The Ministry of Health is to draw up new\u00a0burial protocols after observing that bodies of people who have died from Covid-19 do not transmit the virus. The revision of guidelines is expected to enable family members to bury their kin in a dignified manner. 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