Coronavirus: WHO Says Dead Bodies Not Infectious - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 11, 2020
The World Health Organisation, WHOsays that except in cases of hemorrhagic fevers such as Ebola, Marburg andcholera, dead bodies from COVID-19 are generally not infectious.
WHO said this in its interimguidance on ‘Infection Prevention and Control for safe management of a deadbody in the context of COVID-19’.
It added that only the lungs ofpatients with pandemic influenza, if handled improperly during an autopsy,could be infectious.
The World health body saidotherwise, cadavers do not transmit disease. It is a common myth that personswho have died of a communicable disease should be cremated, but this is nottrue. Cremation is a matter of cultural choice and available resources.
WHO added that to date, there was noevidence of persons having become infected from exposure to the bodies ofpersons who died from COVID-19.
It said that people may die ofCOVID-19 in the health care facilities, home or in other locations, adding thatthe safety and well-being of everyone who tends to bodies should be the firstpriority.