Protests against COVID-19 services force government intervention Two doctors, from the Southern Indian province of Tamil Nadu, were diagnosed with COVID-19 and lost their lives. As the families tried to bury the deceased, protests broke out, even getting violent, out…
Indonesian death care workers take care of COVID-19 victims despite impossible conditions
Without modern equipment and extreme weather conditions death care workers are working around the clock to keep up with demand. Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital, has been hit by a heavy outbreak of the coronavirus. At the Pondok Rangon Cemetery in East…
Muslim cemetery in India waives all fees for COVID-19 Victims
This week The Mahim Kabrastan Trust from Mumbai announced that they will be offering free burials for COVID-19 deceased Muslims. The Mahim Kabrastan is one of the 15 cemeteries in Mumbai which will be taking bodies of those who passed…
Concerns from Thailand that a dead body has transmitted the coronavirus
The Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine has released a letter with convincing information affirming death care professionals suspicions that the virus is still active in the dead. Won Sriwijitalai, of Bangkok’s RVT Medical Center, and Viroj Wiwanitkit, of China’s…
Outcry in Sri Lanka as the government mandates cremation only for COVID-19 victims
Amnesty International calls out the Sri Lanka government for forcing Muslim COVID-19 victims to be cremated against families’ wishes. On March 31st the Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Health issued COVID-19 guidelines saying the standard procedure of disposing bodies should be…
Philippines private crematoriums refusing to take COVID-19 victims
The Philippines government mandates that no COVID-19 deceased, or any deceased suspected of dying from it, can be denied by funeral homes. The Filipino government was forced to take action regarding the disposition of coronavirus bodies after the first victim…
India targets cremation pollution through river renovation projects
Thanks to a corporate social responsibility project India’s crematory ghats, where open pyre funerals are held, are being revamped to reduce river pollution. Hindus believe cremation on the banks of the Ganges River frees the soul from the cycle of…
Koreans are learning to live by pretending to die
For the last seven years Hyowon Healing Center has offered free funerals to the living in hopes of helping people come to peace with their passing or to encourage people to embrace their lives. More than 25,000 people have participated…
