It is said that the Ministry of Health has decided to call for tenders for the purchase of another 15000 body bags to be used to transport Covid bodies.
The technical evaluation committee appointed for the new tenders has decided to import 5,000 body bags from China as the quality of the body bags used so far is substandard.The Ministry of Health has decided to call for tenders for another 10,000 body bags in addition to the 5,000 already ordered.
The previous company, which was not approved by the tender committee, has been given approval to supply body bags until new order of 5,000 body bags arrived to the Sri Lanka.
Earlier in the year 2020, body bag covers were also imported to Sri Lanka. This was a matter of controversy at the time.
Shani