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The last rites of the 68year-old woman, who died in the national capital after being infected with coronavirus, were performed on Saturday at the CNG crematorium at Nigambodh Ghat under the supervision of medical authorities.
Doctors from the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital and from Municipal Corporation oversaw the funeral after the crematorium staff reached out to the authorities seeking directives on ensuring that the infection didn’t spread from the body.
Officials said that the Nigambodh Ghat Sanchalan Samiti, which manages the operations at the crematorium, delayed the last rites by a few hours and approached the municipal authorities to seek directives in view of the coronavirus outbreak.
“The situation is sensitive across the world. We had to seek instructions first from the Municipal Corporation and the medical authorities. They said the cremation will be done using CNG and the officials came to supervise the process,” said Suman Gupta of the Nigambodh Ghat Sanchalan Samiti.
India reported its second casualty due to coronavirus on Friday with the Union health ministry confirming the death of the woman who had tested positive for the contagious viral disease after coming in contact with her son who also acquired coronavirus after travelling abroad recently.
The death was caused due to comorbidity (diabetes and hypertension), the ministry said, adding that she had tested positive for Covid-19 following which she was admitted to the RML hospital.
The woman, a resident of West Delhi, became the second person to die of novel coronavirus infection in the country. The first and only other Covid19 casualty so far was a 76year-old man in Karnataka who died on
Workers clean the walls of a Metro staircase to prevent the spread of coronavirus in New Delhi on Saturday.