[Introduction]: from January 26, funeral parlors in Shanghai will suspend the farewell ceremony of the remains in principle. If they have already made an appointment, the funeral parlors will communicate and dissuade one by one, and will no longer accept the appointment registration of the farewell ceremony of the new remains, in order to reduce the gathering of personnel and prevent the infection and spread of the epidemic.
Shanghai comprehensively strengthens the epidemic prevention and control work of Funeral Service agencies
In accordance with the deployment requirements of the superior on the prevention and control of the new coronavirus infection pneumonia epidemic, Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau made every effort to do a good job in the prevention and control of the epidemic in the civil affairs field, mobilized funeral service agencies at all levels to strengthen measures and resolutely control the spread of the epidemic.
Before the Spring Festival, the municipal civil affairs bureau organized the funeral service agencies of the whole city to carry out comprehensive disinfection and cleaning of the sanitary environment, and comprehensively strengthen the epidemic prevention and control and emergency duty measures. On January 27-30, the leaders of the municipal civil affairs bureau led a team to key funeral service places such as the municipal Galaxy cemetery management office, the Municipal Funeral Service Center and funeral parlors in all relevant districts to inspect, guide and supervise the implementation of epidemic prevention and control, all funeral service places are required to strictly implement epidemic prevention procedures to ensure the health and safety of residents and funeral cadres and workers who come to handle business.
All funeral parlors in the city have formulated emergency plans for epidemic prevention and control, and take effective measures to strictly prevent infection and spread in the process of handling related remains. From January 26, the funeral parlors in Shanghai suspended the farewell ceremony of the remains in principle. If they have already made an appointment, the funeral parlors will communicate and dissuade one by one, and no longer accept the appointment registration of the new farewell ceremony of the remains, in order to reduce the gathering of personnel and prevent the infection and spread of the epidemic. Focus on strengthening the epidemic prevention measures of the remains, coordinate the municipal health committee to carry out new coronavirus protection and safety training for the municipal funeral parlor, and guide the epidemic prevention treatment of key links such as body transportation and cremation.
