19th April, 2020
The Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) dumped at Gudu Cemetery in Abuja by a mourner at the burial of Mallam Abba Kyari has been evacuated.
Dr Mohammed Kawu, acting Secretary Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
Kawu also said that the man in question and others who participated in the burial, but not properly kitted, have been identified and isolated.
He said that necessary tests would be conducted on all of them to determine their level of exposure and ensure that they do not infect other people.
” The said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated, ” Kawu said.
He said that the FCT administration has 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).
He urged the FCT residents to remain calm and rest assured that the FCT administration would continue to do all that was necessary to curtail and eventually end the spread of the COVID-19 in Abuja.