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KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah State Department of Health (JKNS) and all hospitals across the state do not impose fees for funeral arrangements for those who died from Covid-19, said the state’s Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Masidi Manjun.
However, Masidi, who is also the state spokesperson for Covid-19, said that family members could choose to use the services of licensed companies to handle funeral arrangements that charge certain fees, with the process regulated by JKNS officials.
“This totally depends on the family members involved. Therefore, I urge that no one exploit or manipulate the situation to obtain profit from the grieving families, ”he said at a press conference tonight.
Masidi said this while commenting on the allegations, which had gone viral on Facebook, about families having to pay RM6,000 for the bodies of their loved ones, who died from Covid-19, to be sent to their places of origin.
Meanwhile, Masidi confirmed that, to date, Covid-19 cases had been detected in 102 of the 221 high schools in the state.
This, he said, included SM St Michael in Penampang, with five students and four teachers testing positive. The case started from family contact.
According to Masidi, the eight schools in Sandakan that had previously been closed when 14 teachers and four students tested positive for Covid-19 had been reopened.
-Called
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