Governor Hope Uzodinma has listened to the cries of the people and so, permitted those who are bereaved in the state to use two weeks to bury their dead ones.
Addressing newsmen on Friday at the Government house in Owerri, Governor Uzodinma said, “We are aware of the repeated calls from mortuary owners on the piling up of dead bodies. I am, therefore, granting two weeks for burials.”
The Governor also added: “I feel the cries and pains of the people whose loved ones are in the mortuary. While we are still battling with the issue of Covid 19, we are uncertain of when the Coronavirus scourge will be reduced. I will give you the opportunity to go and bury your loved ones who have been in the mortuary. 
He said, ” I am displeased at the level at which the people violate government directives”, and he promised to Impose more severe measures in curtailing the spread of the virus if the people continue to disobey government directives.
