‘Covid-19 virus not likely to infect residents living near cemeteries’

Experts assure that Covid-19 cannot spread through water nor is the virus infective outside a live body. A video clip showing water run-off from the Bukit Kiara cemetery (right) had raised the concern. — ART CHEN/The Star

CEMETERIES where Covid-19 victims are buried are unlikely to pose a threat of infections to nearby communities, as the virus is no longer infective.

Former deputy Health director-general Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said although a viral genome could be detected inside a body long after the onset of infection, the virus would no longer be viable.