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The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Mahanuwara· 23 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question: Disposal of the Dead Due to COVID-19 During 2019–2022

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Hon. Rauff Hakeem asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media to provide detailed COVID-19 statistics for 2019–2022, including laboratory-confirmed cases, confirmed deaths, and demographic breakdowns by age, sex, residence, ethnicity and religion. He also requested data on the disposal of COVID-19 dead bodies, including numbers cremated and buried and corresponding demographic and geographic breakdowns, and asked for reasons if such information cannot be provided.

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¶ 01 DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD DUE TO COVID-19 DURING 2019–2022: METHODS USED

¶ 02 Question to the Minister of Health and Mass Media:

¶ 03 (a) Will he inform this House, separately, during 2019–2022 in Sri Lanka the total laboratory-confirmed cases; total confirmed deaths; and breakdown of the deceased by age, sex, province and district of residence, ethnicity and religion?

¶ 04 (b) Will he also inform this House, separately, during 2019–2022 regarding COVID-19 deaths the method(s) of disposal; total cremations; total burials; and breakdowns of cremations and burials by age, sex, province and district of residence, ethnicity and religion?

¶ 05 (c) If not, why?

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Hansard, Thursday, 23 January 2025 ·No. 1738314169039521 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Rauff Hakeem, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 23 January 2025. No. 1738314169039521. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10475