New Delhi: The center on Monday tells the Supreme Court that when Coronavirus remains active in people who are infected with nine days, standard operating procedures (SOP) are only given for cremation and burial of infected people dead, which excludes the Parsi ritual leaving people Dead in the silence tower to rot by natural elements and birds.
Trapped between the Urgency of Public Health, Exclusive Executive Domains, and Personal Rights of a Community, Judicial Rights Dy Chandrachud and Surya Kant asked the Tushar Mehta Public Lawyer and Senior Nariman Advocate, which emerged for Parsi Panchayat’s letter held a deliberation together with the Ministry of Health officials concerned To find a middle ground, where the union government’s concerns to prevent the spread of the infection and ritual of the Parsi Zoroastric for the disposal can be balanced.
The ministry in a written statement through Advocates Rajat Nair said the basic elements of the SOP were that the body must be fully covered and not exposed so that the people who handle the people who died because of Covid, which may or may not include family members, should not come into contact with body fluids or secretions.
“Coronavirus, according to scientific evidence that has emerged so far, can survive on a corpse, in body fluids, secretions and moist cells from the bodies to nine days.
The dead body will be considered as surface and secretion desperately.
From holes will carry infected cells and will still be applied to the surface of the body after death.
increased risk of covid infection from bodies for health workers or family members is not possible when they follow standard prevention and handle corpses, “said the center.
It is said that the body of such infection patients tends to be exposed to the environment and animals, if not buried or cremated correctly.
“OI (World Organization for Animal Health) also observed that people suspected or confirmed to infect the Covid-19 virus must minimize direct contact with animals, including wildlife.
It has also been observed that some animal species have shown vulnerability to viruses through Experimental infections, and in natural settings when dealing with infected humans, even though this infection is not the current Pandemic Covid-19 driver which is a human-to-human transmission, “he said.
“There is also evidence that infected animals can transmit viruses to other animals in natural settings through contact, such as Mink transmission to Mink, and Mink transmission to cats, however, not all species seem to be vulnerable to SARS-COV-2,” it said.
“OIE also notes that there are valid concerns about the establishment of the SARS-COV-2 reservoir in wild or domestic animals, which can cause sustainable public health risks and lead to future abundant events to humans.
New introductory viruses of animal species from corpses can accelerate The evolution, which has the potential to have an impact on the supervision and control strategy.
Given the problem, keeping the dead body exposed (without cover) without burial or cremation will not be a way of dialing.
The patient’s body is positive covid, “the center said.
On January 10, Nariman’s applicant’s advisor had submitted a written record showing the way in which Parsi Zoroaster funeral ceremony that had died because Covid-19 would be carried out at the silence tower.
He said the proposed guidelines fulfilled the concern of the trade union government on public health and safety while preserving the sanctity of Zoroaster’s faith.
The guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health and the welfare of the Union family did not take into account the worries of the Zoroaster community in connection with the modalities that were ordained for the funeral ceremony, he complained.