Guidelines for Safe Handling of Dead Bodies during COVID-19

In late 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China reported a cluster of 'pneumonia of uncertain aetiology' cases in Wuhan, Hubei Province. A new coronavirus was eventually discovered as the causal pathogen. The disease soon spread to more Chinese provinces, then the rest of the world, prompting the World Health Organization to proclaim it a pandemic. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was the virus's name, and COVID-19 was the illness (Coronavirus disease).