New protocols announced for funeral arrangements

New protocols announced for funeral arrangements

By Vijay Narayan
Thursday 29/04/2021
[Image: Sky Production Fiji]

The Health Ministry says they have developed new protocols around funeral arrangements.

Permanent Secretary for Health, Doctor James Fong says when a death does occur, they will allow the body to be transported to its final resting place through containment area borders. However, they will only allow the vehicle with one driver to cross the border, and that driver must have careFIJI installed and turned on.

The driver will be escorted by Corrections Officers to ensure they remain in the vehicle the entire time they are within the containment area.

Doctor Fong says let’s not forget this outbreak started at a funeral.

He says when these events are held, they all have to be very disciplined about wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, and ensuring no more than 20 people attend.

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