The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said that evryone who participated in the burial of late Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, have been identified and isolated.
Dr. Mohammed Kawu, the acting Secretary, Health and Human Services Secretariat of the FCTA, announced, after a video showing one of the men who buried Kyari at Gudu Cemetery carelessly disposing his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), outside the cemetery, emerged.
Kawu said, “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.”
He also noted that the FCTA had also taken steps to ensure that all future burials of victims of COVID 19 were 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,” Kawu added.
