What you must do attending a cremation for Covid-19 person

Medical doctor Panuwat Chutiwong of Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok today (May 22, 2021) explains the steps you must take attending a cremation for a Covid-19 person.

Family members

  • Do not open the bag containing the dead person
  • Do not touch or pour water on the dead person
  • All family members must wear face masks
  • Practice social distancing and clean their hands with gel alcohol

Relatives

  • Do not open the bag containing the body
  • Do not touch the body
  • Wear a face mask
  • Practice social distancing and clean their hands with gel alcohol

Persons in charge of religious matters

  • Do not open the body bag
  • Monks and undertakers who must touch the coffin must wear protective suits, gloves and face masks
  • Clean their hands after touching the dead body
  • Clean the area where the cremation takes place
  • All the religious measures must be finished within 24 hours

Attendants

All attendants must wear their face masks at all times

Clean their hands after touching public places

Practices social distancing

Do not stay long there

Take a bath, shampoo your hair and clean your body afterwards

If possible, do not join a cremation with a large number of people

Note: The information is provided by Medical Doctor Panuwat Chutiwong of Chulalongkorn Hospital

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