The Ministry of Public Health has issued guidelines to family members of persons who died from COVID-19 on the burial or cremation of the bodies of their loved ones.
Deryck Jaisingh and John Lewis became the fifth and sixth persons, respectively to pass away after contracting COVID-19. Jaisingh died just over two weeks ago after he had developed severe symptoms of the virus and his condition worsened.
Stabroek News had reported that the businessman/miner made numerous attempts to contact the COVID-19 hotline to report the severity of his symptoms but never got any response until 11 days later and by then his condition had gotten significantly worse.
