10 - The most difficult aspect of COVID19

Q. How many people can attend a funeral during Covid19? 

A. For everybody’s safety, funeral homes are limiting the number of mourners attending funeral services to a maximum of 10. 

It’s also necessary for them to ask that anyone from the higher risk groups (Over 70s, pregnant, immunocompromised) should not attend. 

36 Tory MPs have signed a letter that calls for churches to be reopened for funerals, as long as safety measures remain in place.

Some undertakers are Live Streaming a Funeral, to allow those who are unable to attend, the opportunity to participate, say goodbye and watch the funeral for themselves in real time, over the internet from anywhere in the world.

The hardest bit for remaining loved ones, who would normally have had family and friends around, means nobody can visit  and even give them a hug.

Without doubt, the absence of traditional funeral rites with the presence of the whole family and wider community has been the most difficult aspect of the current crisis.

Let's hope that this regulation will be eased in the coming days, to allow wider families and close friends to attend.

I realise that everyone's safety is paramount, but it must be an absolute  nightmare for those currently burying their deceased loved one..

Praying that our prime minister's roadmap on Sunday, steering us gently out of this lockdown, will balance scientific wisdom  with a heartfelt compassion, especially for those whose loved ones have passed away.