Can funerals be held during the epidemic? How to handle funerals during the epidemic?

Can you hold a funeral if someone in your family dies during the epidemic? During the epidemic, many things cannot be done, and you cannot gather together to avoid more infections. So if someone in your family dies, just get together as a family and commemorate them simply! For details, please see the introduction provided by this site.

Can funerals be held during the epidemic?

1. You need to look at the epidemic prevention and control level of your city to know whether funerals can be held. Usually, large gatherings of people are not allowed during this period of time.

2. It can be done, but there cannot be gatherings of people, and eating is definitely not allowed. In other words, family members and some of your best friends can go and visit at staggered times.

How to deal with funerals during the epidemic

During the epidemic, the Hangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau made specific arrangements for the city's funeral services and issued a notice on January 26, requiring that before the epidemic is lifted, all funeral homes, except for the transportation of bodies, temporarily refrain from providing wake services and door-to-door funeral services. In principle, they will not handle the transportation of bodies or accept bodies of people who died in other places to be transported back to Hangzhou; they will persuade and advocate the bereaved families not to hold farewell ceremonies to simplify the funeral process to the greatest extent. Starting from February 4, funeral homes are required to stop handling farewell services for bodies, and all towns, streets, villages (communities) will stop holding wake activities, and funerals must be completed within 2 days.

Notice on funeral activities during the epidemic prevention and control period

In view of the severe situation of the novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, in order to do our utmost to block the source of infection and reduce the risk of mobile infection caused by gatherings, the following requirements are hereby notified regarding the standardization of funeral activities during the epidemic prevention and control period:

1. From February 2, 2020, all funeral homes in the city will suspend funeral services that involve large gatherings of people, such as wakes, mourning, sales of tombs, and burials in cemeteries (body transportation, cremation services, and ashes storage services will be provided as normal). The resumption time will be notified separately.

2. The bodies of people who died of natural causes (except for special requirements of the public security and other relevant departments) must be cremated directly on the same day after completing the relevant procedures, and the ashes can be stored at the funeral home free of charge. After the epidemic is lifted, funeral activities can be scheduled according to the wishes of the bereaved family.

3. For family members who wish to negotiate business, handle formalities, visit the body, store and retrieve ashes, etc., the number of vehicles shall be limited to one and the number of people shall be limited to two.

4. Citizens should consciously abide by the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, wear masks, strengthen personal protection, actively cooperate with the funeral home's prevention and control measures, and proactively inform the history of travel and residence in Wuhan, work history, and contact history with people in key epidemic areas.

5. All funeral homes should strengthen leadership and strictly implement regulations on the handling of bodies of infectious diseases.

All counties, districts, management areas, and economic development zones must strictly implement their local management responsibilities. If they violate relevant regulations and fail to effectively prevent and control the epidemic, resulting in the spread of the epidemic, they will be held accountable.

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