The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says all individuals that were not properly kitted during the burial of Abba Kyari, the late Chief of Staff to the President, have been identified and isolated.
The FCTA added that the man seen in a viral video pulling and disposing his Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in an open-space moments after taking part in the burial, has been identified and isolated.
A statement sent to Igbere TV on Saturday by Mohammed Kawu, the acting Secretary of the FCTA, said the Public Health Department has since taken further necessary action.
“The said PPE left over by the individual has been professionally evacuated and the entire cemetery has been decontaminated,” Kawu said.
“In addition, all the individuals including the man in question that participated in the burial and were not properly kitted have been identified and are being isolated.”
The FCTA boss said necessary COVID-19 tests would be conducted on all of them to determine their level of exposure and ensure that they do not infect other people.
“The Administration has also taken steps to ensure that all future burials of victims of COVID-19 are conducted in line with protocols established by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).”
Kawu urged residents to remain calm and rest assured that the FCT Administration would continue to do all that is necessary to curtail and eventually end the spread of the Coronavirus in the FCT.
He said the FCTA would take steps to ensure that all future burials of victims of COVID-19 are conducted in line with protocols established by the NCDC.
Abba Kyari died of coronavirus on Friday at the First Cardiology Consultants in Lagos. His corpse was flown to Abuja where he was interred at a short ceremony attended by hundreds of people.
