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Science/Environmental conversations: Covid-19 burials do not increase water pollution risk
A Water Research Commission report has indicated that the burials of people who have died of Covid-19 does not increase the risk of pollution of the environment and groundwater as the virus is unlikely to survive.
However, according to the report entitled Death and Burial in the Time of Covid-19: Environmental and Health Risks, very little is known regarding Covid-19, and there are no records available for mass burials.
Guest: Prof Matthys Dippenaar, a groundwater expert from the University of Pretoria
However, according to the report entitled Death and Burial in the Time of Covid-19: Environmental and Health Risks, very little is known regarding Covid-19, and there are no records available for mass burials.
Guest: Prof Matthys Dippenaar, a groundwater expert from the University of Pretoria
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By SAfmA Water Research Commission report has indicated that the burials of people who have died of Covid-19 does not increase the risk of pollution of the environment and groundwater as the virus is unlikely to survive.
However, according to the report entitled Death and Burial in the Time of Covid-19: Environmental and Health Risks, very little is known regarding Covid-19, and there are no records available for mass burials.
Guest: Prof Matthys Dippenaar, a groundwater expert from the University of Pretoria
However, according to the report entitled Death and Burial in the Time of Covid-19: Environmental and Health Risks, very little is known regarding Covid-19, and there are no records available for mass burials.
Guest: Prof Matthys Dippenaar, a groundwater expert from the University of Pretoria