Lagos may conduct mass burial due to congested mortuary - Sanwo-Olu vows amid Covid-19
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said mortuaries in Lagos state are now in a congested shape.
The governor said Lagos may be compelled to conduct mass burial if the state mortuaries are not decongested in the next two weeks.
Sanwo-Olu made the vow while giving updates on the efforts put in place against Covid-19 crisis in the state Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos governor, has lamented that mortuaries in the state are in a congested shape and government may be "compelled to have a mass burial" if those mortuaries are not decongested in the next two weeks.
Sanwo-Olu made this known during a media briefing on Saturday, April 25, where he was giving an update on the state of Covid-19 pandemic in Lagos.
Moreover he warned that even though residents will be allowed to make burial, organizing a party before and after the burial will not be tolerated.
He said: “If we’re unable to see a decongestion of mortuaries across the state within the next two weeks, Lagos state government will now be compelled to seek to have a mass burial and we would not want to force this on anybody, which is why we are asking for the cooperation of all of us,” he said. “This is not the time when you need to wait for your brother or your sister or your sibling, who is 10,000km or 6,000km away from here for them to come back before you can have the funeral."
Governor Sanwo-Olu said the use of face mask will henceforth become compulsory as that is one of the ways to prevent community transmission of Covid-19.
In the meantime, Lagos State has recorded another death from the COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 19.
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