AFP
Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families’ objections against the contentious policy, reports AFP.
The island nation has been experiencing a surge in cases since October, with the number of infections increased more than eight-fold since then to over 29,300 and 142 dead.
Coronavirus victims’ bodies are claimed by families and then cremated-a practice forbidden under Islamic law-under the strict supervision of health authorities.
But families of 19 Muslims killed by the virus have refused to claim the bodies from a morgue in the capital Colombo, triggering the edict by Attorney-General Dappula de Livera.
Sri Lanka said Wednesday it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families’ objections against the contentious policy, reports AFP.
The island nation has been experiencing a surge in cases since October, with the number of infections increased more than eight-fold since then to over 29,300 and 142 dead.
Coronavirus victims’ bodies are claimed by families and then cremated-a practice forbidden under Islamic law-under the strict supervision of health authorities.
But families of 19 Muslims killed by the virus have refused to claim the bodies from a morgue in the capital Colombo, triggering the edict by Attorney-General Dappula de Livera.
