One Chinese city has imposed a requirement that even the dead be tested for COVID-19, under certain conditions.
Officials in Shenzhen’s Bureau of Civil Affairs recently posted the rules for cremations.
Those seeking a cremation are “required to provide proof of nucleic acid testing of the deceased, in addition to the death certificate and the notice of transporting of remains, if the deceased is from closed-off management areas, restrictive control areas and prevention areas,” the site said, referring to areas in or near places where COVID-19 has been reported, according to the South China Morning Post.
Nucleic acid testing is a method of detecting the COVID-19 virus through the presence of genetic material.
A “close-contact” relative’s test report can be used if no test for the dead person exists, Shenzhen’s sole funeral home said. --->READ MORE HERE
A doctor in Southern California who sold “COVID-19 treatment packs” during the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic was sentenced late last week to prison, prosecutors said.
The doctor, Jennings Ryan Staley, who owns Skinny Beach Med Spa in San Diego, was sentenced to 30 days in prison and one year of home confinement for trying to smuggle the medication hydroxychloroquine into the United States to sell as a cure for COVID-19, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said in a statement Friday.
“At the height of the pandemic, before vaccines were available, this doctor sought to profit from patients’ fears,” Randy Grossman, the U.S. attorney, said in the statement. “He abused his position of trust and undermined the integrity of the entire medical profession.”
A lawyer for Staley did not immediately respond to an inquiry Monday.
Last year, Staley, 47, pleaded guilty to breaking import law and admitted to working with a Chinese supplier to try to smuggle into the United States a barrel that he believed contained more than 26 pounds of hydroxychloroquine powder by mislabeling it as “yam extract,” according to prosecutors. Early in the pandemic, President Donald Trump had promoted hydroxychloroquine as a “what have you got to lose” remedy.
An investigation into Staley began two years ago, after FBI agents received tips about his marketing campaign. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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