Colombo: Sri Lanka has made the cremation of coronavirus possible rather than burying the dead bodies after the deaths. This decision of the Sri Lankan government is being opposed by many human rights organizations, including the Muslim community there. Muslims say that the burning of dead bodies is against their Islamic tradition. So far, many people have been killed by the Coronavirus, of which three are Muslims.
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According to Sri Lankan local media, the bodies of these three cremated by the authorities, despite the opposition of the relatives of the deceased. According to the news agency AP, the Sri Lankan Health Minister has said that those who died of corona will be cremated in the country. Many human rights organizations have also criticized this decision of the government.
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Biraj Patnaik, director of Amnesty's South Asia, said that in these difficult circumstances there should be an effort to bring communities together instead of dividing them. WHO has said that those who died of corona infection can be buried or burnt. Almost all the countries of the world are struggling with coronavirus infection. WHO says that the most effective way to stop the spread of coronavirus is that people follow social distancing. The coronavirus infection does not spread to people, so the corpses are being cremated.
