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Kano gravediggers might be digging own graves as COVID-19 community transmission spikes
By Richard P. Ngbokai, Kano | May 23, 2020 6:13 AM
Grave diggers and cemetery attendants in Kano might be in great danger as community transmission of COVID-19 increases in the state.
Daily Trust observed that since the spike in death due to a strange sickness hit the state last month, no conscious effort is being made by the state government to protect the people who receive dead bodies at the graveyards for burial despite their risk of contracting the diseases that might have been the cause of the deaths.
Though no formal proclamation has been made linking the deaths with COVID-19, there are speculations however that a sizeable number of them might not be unconnected with coronavirus.
This therefore raises concerns that by relating constantly with corpses at the grave sites, these traditional cemetery attendants could easily get infected with the deadly virus as they carry out their voluntary service to the society without any form of protection.
These fears have been intensified by the secrecy surrounding the burial of those presumed to have been killed by the novel disease...
Kano gravediggers might be digging own graves as COVID-19 community transmission spikes
By Richard P. Ngbokai, Kano | May 23, 2020 6:13 AM
Grave diggers and cemetery attendants in Kano might be in great danger as community transmission of COVID-19 increases in the state.
Daily Trust observed that since the spike in death due to a strange sickness hit the state last month, no conscious effort is being made by the state government to protect the people who receive dead bodies at the graveyards for burial despite their risk of contracting the diseases that might have been the cause of the deaths.
Though no formal proclamation has been made linking the deaths with COVID-19, there are speculations however that a sizeable number of them might not be unconnected with coronavirus.
This therefore raises concerns that by relating constantly with corpses at the grave sites, these traditional cemetery attendants could easily get infected with the deadly virus as they carry out their voluntary service to the society without any form of protection.
These fears have been intensified by the secrecy surrounding the burial of those presumed to have been killed by the novel disease...