PROTEST IN COLOMBO AGAINST BURIAL OF COVID DEAD PROTEST IN COLOMBO AGAINST BURIAL OF COVID DEAD Written by Share: Colombo (News 1st); Monks and Civil Organizations have requested the government not to bury COVID-19 victims. The collective of monks and civil organizations staged a protest on Monday (28) morning opposite the Presidential Secretariat and handed over a letter to Health Minister Pavithra Vanniarachchi. The letter states, the cremation of COVID-19 victims was legalized as per the recommendation made by the committee of experts appointed by the Health Ministry. As the Supreme Court has approved the decision, there is a background in the country that all corona bodies should be cremated, it added.