Health Minister Professor Isaac Adewole has stated that approval must be sought from the Federal Ministry of Health and gotten before corpses are brought into the country for burial.
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Prof. Adewole said this on Wednesday during press briefing after the Federal Executive Council Meeting while talking on issues concerning the health ministry that were discussed at the FEC meeting.
The Health Minister revealed that the Council discussed the issue of a body flown into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo by Kenya Airways without approval, adding that the body tested negative to Ebola and any of the hemorrhagic fevers.
He said, “The standard procedure is that for you to fly a body into Nigeria, you need a waiver, a sort of approval issued by the Federal Ministry of Health and this was not sought. We know the cause of death but for confidential reasons, we do not have to disclose it. But it is nothing really to worry about.”
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