150 Attended Burial Of Covid Positive Man, 21 Dead In Rajasthan Village

Twenty-one folks died in as many days at a village in Rajasthan’s Sikar district allegedly after a COVID-19-infected corpse was buried with out following protocol.

Nevertheless, officers stated that solely 4 deaths have occurred as a result of virus between April 15 and Could 5.

In response to officers, a COVID-19-infected physique was dropped at Kheerva village on April 21 and about 150 folks attended the final rites and the burial was carried out with out following coronavirus protocol.
The physique was taken out of the plastic bag and a number of other folks touched it throughout burial, they stated.

“Solely 3-4 deaths have occurred as a consequence of COVID-19 out of 21 deaths. A majority of deaths are from older age group. We’ve got taken pattern of 147 members of households the place deaths have occurred to test whether or not it’s COVID-19 group transmission,” Lakshmangarh sub-divisional officer Kulraj Meena informed PTI on Saturday.

He stated that the administration has carried out sanitisation drive within the village. Villagers are defined in regards to the severity of the issue and now they’re cooperating.

Sikar’s Chief Medical and Well being Officer Ajay Chaudhary stated {that a} report has been sought from the native authorities following which he’ll be capable to touch upon the matter.

Kheerva falls in Congress state president Govind Singh Dotasra’s meeting constituency. He had first shared the details about deaths following burial of contaminated corpse on social media, however later eliminated it.

“With profound grief, I’ve to say that greater than 20 folks have misplaced their lives and a number of other are contaminated,” he had tweeted.

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