Wah this report seems to suggest so......
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By Kai Xin, Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 July 2009 2112 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry has called on all approved undertakers to handle with care the bodies of those who died from the H1N1 virus.
Funeral wakes can only be held within seven days for embalmed bodies. Non-embalmed ones have to buried or cremated within three days.
Loved ones are also not to touch the bodies, even though the chances of contracting the virus that way is low.
Undertakers have also been told to avoid all direct contact with blood or other fluids from the bodies.
Undertakers who have open wounds or skin infections are not to handle the body.
Families have to wear masks when claiming the bodies and performing religious rites.
Coffins of embalmed bodies have to be sealed at all times.
Families and friends must also wash their hands with soap after viewing.
Funeral service providers said these measures are relatively milder compared to those who died from SARS, when their bodies had to be cremated almost immediately.
- CNA/yb
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By Kai Xin, Valarie Tan, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 19 July 2009 2112 hrs
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SINGAPORE: The Health Ministry has called on all approved undertakers to handle with care the bodies of those who died from the H1N1 virus.
Funeral wakes can only be held within seven days for embalmed bodies. Non-embalmed ones have to buried or cremated within three days.
Loved ones are also not to touch the bodies, even though the chances of contracting the virus that way is low.
Undertakers have also been told to avoid all direct contact with blood or other fluids from the bodies.
Undertakers who have open wounds or skin infections are not to handle the body.
Families have to wear masks when claiming the bodies and performing religious rites.
Coffins of embalmed bodies have to be sealed at all times.
Families and friends must also wash their hands with soap after viewing.
Funeral service providers said these measures are relatively milder compared to those who died from SARS, when their bodies had to be cremated almost immediately.
- CNA/yb
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