Kerala changes Covid funeral protocols , allows bodies to be taken home

Kerala changes Covid funeral protocols , allows bodies to be taken home

The funeral protocol for Covid victims was changed recently by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday. As of now the family and relatives can take the body with them for further processing with religious rites, all within an hour. The new restrictions would come into effect from July 1.In a statement by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan says, “Is it very difficult for the family member and relative to pay tribute to the person in his/ her on the last stage of life who lost their life due to COVID-19 with a  to emotional distress He addressed in saying now the bodies have been allowed to take home for one hour in progress with religious rites. He also further informed banks to stop the revenue recovery proceedings of Covid victims who have defaulted on bank loans.Seeing the situation in Kerala, the lockdown in the state has been increased for one more week. Moreover, in the meeting which was held today, it was decided to make a few changes in the areas that have been classified for the spread of the disease.

Meanwhile, the local Self Government bodies have reclassified the process, on average test-positivity rate (TPR) for the last seven days. As in the A category, there are 165 local bodies, 473 in the B category, 316 in the C category, and 80 in the D category average TPR is still above 10 percent but has gone down from a high of 29.75per percent. The expected progress in TPR decline is not visible. The lockdown cannot continue all the time that is why the relaxations were allowed, but there is concern that TPR is not falling below 10 percent. Statistics from the past week indicate that there is no considerable decline in the number of patients. We expect the TPR to decrease gradually," he adds.He further added the speed of transmission was well controlled in the first wave.

In the Sero Survey by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), in which only about 11 percent of people in Kerala were infected during the first wave. Talking about the delta variant which is spreading fast, the Kerala government has decided to contain the wave in a way that human health can be accommodated in a better way.

Today, 13,550 new cases of COVID-19 have been found from 1,23,225 sample tests in the last 24 hours with a TPR of 11 percent. Moreover, 104 deaths and  10,283 patients recovered from the disease.In the Malappuram district, new active cases are 1,708.