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Ebonyi Bans Entry Of Corpses Without Death Certificate
['African Examiner']
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Ebonyi Bans Entry Of Corpses Without Death CertificateFrom Ignatius Okpara, AbakalikiAs part of measures to guide against the outbreak of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Ebonyi state, Governor Martin Elechi, led Government has banned conveying of Corpses without certified death Certificates into the state.
The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Sunday Nwangele, gave the order in Abakaliki, the state capital, on Monday.
The Commissioner explained that the request for truly death Certificates for Corpses entering the state was to further guide against the outbreak since it is contagious.
Dr. Nwangle however, directed that anybody or group of People bringing Corpses to the state to register with the nearest Health Centres before proceeding to their destinations.
The Commissioner assured the People that there was no case of the disease in any part of the state; just as he warned mortuary attendants in both public and private hospitals to stop accepting corpses without genuine death certificate.
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