A funeral home in southeastern China’s Shenzhen city recently confirmed it needed negative Chinese coronavirus test results on corpses before agreeing to process the bodies, site-controlled Chinese news site Sixth Tone reported on Thursday.
Referring to a recent screenshot on May 26, Sixth Tone said, “Shenzhen Funeral Home says it supports the government to need nucleic acid test results for people who died in areas with virus protection measures before moving on to final rituals.” From Shenzhen Funeral Service Online Platform.
Shenzhen Province Funeral Home officials confirmed the trial policy to China’s Sohu News on May 25 and Sixth Tone on May 26, saying they have been enforcing the requirement “since the beginning of this year”. The funeral home said the policy helps its employees “follow necessary protocols in the event that a person who has died from other causes becomes infected.” [with the Chinese coronavirus]”.
If it is not possible to obtain a negative Chinese coronavirus test result for the deceased, Shenzhen Mortuary will receive a negative test result from one of the deceased’s relatives.
“Such a requirement is only necessary in the presence of local outbreaks,” an anonymous employee at a funeral home in Shenzhen told Sixth Tone on Thursday. [of the Chinese coronavirus]. Currently, only family members participating in onsite funeral procedures are required to test negative for COVID-19. [Chinese coronavirus] Test results obtained in the last 48 hours.
On May 26, Sixth Tone asked the Shenzhen morgue to provide official government documents supporting the claim of negative Chinese coronavirus test results. The State Funeral Home, reportedly the only facility in the city, said it “did not find” the documents requested at the time.
A screenshot of the Shenzhen funeral home’s trial policy was posted on China’s Twitter-like Weibo on May 26, garnering over 35 million views and 3,000 comments that day.
“On the Internet, some users said the need for burial was justified in terms of limiting potential chains of transmission, while others found it ethically and emotionally unacceptable. Many criticized him for showing little respect for the dead,” Sixth Tone said.
Shenzhen health officials have recorded sporadic localized outbreaks of the Chinese coronavirus since the beginning of the year. The city, which directly borders Hong Kong, has been on lockdown from March 14-21 to contain such an outbreak. Weekly movement restrictions were imposed on all 17.5 million Shenzhen residents.
“As part of the central government’s ‘normalized’ trial plan, Shenzhen made a negative decision. [Chinese coronavirus] From the beginning of April, the results of the last 72 hours are mandatory for access to public transport and crowded areas,” Sixth Tone reported on May 26.
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