The first deadly case of COVID-19 has been reported in Thailand recently where the virus was transferred from a dead person to the medical examiner.
Experts, after this finding, emphasize on the safety concerns for funeral home and morgue workers amidst the global pandemic.
Journal of Forensic & Medicine study said on Sunday that this was the first report on coronavirus infection and death amid medical professionals in the Forensic medicine unit.
The authors, Viroj Wiwanitkit of Hainan Medical University in China and Bangkok’s RVT Medical Center’s Won Sriwijitalai, wrote that the disinfection process employed in the operation theatres might be applied in forensic/pathology units too.
They added that, currently, there is no information about the exact number of coronavirus contaminated corpses because it is not the routine practice in Thailand to examine for coronavirus in the dead bodies.
The cases of coronavirus in the world have now crossed the two billion mark and in Thailand, 2600+ cases have been reported although it was amongst the earliest nations to report the infection outside of China, where it originated.
The forensic team member’s death was the only the second instance of medical personnel contracting the disease in Thailand as of 20th March.
A professor of pathology Angelique Corthals said that not only medical examiners but also funeral home and morgue workers should be taking extra care.
Until now, the world knows very little about how long the virus can survive in the dead bodies or if corpses are contagious.
According to Summer Johnson McGee, University of New Haven’s health policy expert, anyone coming in contact with a coronavirus positive body, dead or alive, should be utilizing PPE (personal protective equipment) for preventing exposure against the disease
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