Selangor rolls out Covid-19 centralised funeral initiative

 

The Selangor government yesterday announced the Covid-19 Centralised Funeral Arrangement initiative which aims to reduce the time taken to manage the remains of patients and ease congestion at several hospitals in the state.

Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari said the initiative would involve funeral arrangements of Muslim and non-Muslim Covid-19 patients at the Shah Alam Hospital, Sungai Buloh Hospital, and Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital, Klang.

He said the Section 21 Muslim Cemetery in Shah Alam and Selat Klang Muslim Cemetery in Port Klang had been selected for the burial of Muslim Covid-19 patients.

“For non-Muslim patients, the remains will be referred to the local authorities for burial purposes and appropriate crematorium arrangement. I am also in touch with the Foreign Ministry to coordinate funeral arrangements for Covid-19 patients who are non-citizens,” he said in a statement yesterday.

He added that the initiative was implemented following discussions with the Selangor Islamic Religious Department on Wednesday, as well as other agencies and local authorities.

In another development, Amirudin said the state government would provide food baskets within 48 hours to residents involved in the implementation of the enhanced movement control order (MCO) in four localities in the state, as announced by Deputy Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Friday.

The menteri besar said all residents will undergo Covid-19 screening and those who test positive will be isolated for monitoring and treatment, while the rest will be inoculated by the District Health Office.

Four localities in Selangor to be placed under the enhanced MCO from today until July 31 are the Damai Apartment, PJS 8 Damansara in Petaling; Jalan Pandan Indah, Ampang (Hulu Langat); Jalan Batu Nilam, Bandar Bukit Tinggi (Klang) and Taman Samudera in Batu (Gombak).

- Bernama