First Muslim Covid19 victim died and cremated without the consent of his next of kin or family late in night in violation of WHO Guidelines and as well as Sri Lanka’s 27th March MOH Guidelines, and almost immediately therafter, the Ministry of Health replaced the 27th March MOH Guidlines with the Provisional Clinical Practice Guidelines on Covid19 (version4) dated 31st March 2020, making creamtion the only option fir Covid19 victims.