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Researchers admit a medical examiner in Thailand is the first person to die from the coronavirus after contracting it from a corpse according to the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine study reported Sunday.
“This is the first report on COVID-19 infection and death among medical personnel in a Forensic Medicine unit,”
“There is low chance of forensic medicine professionals coming into contact with infected patients. But they can have contact with biological samples and corpses.”
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present, there is no data on the exact number of COVID-19 contaminated corpses since it is not a routine practice to examine for COVID-19 in dead bodies in Thailand,” researchers wrote.
Researchers said forensic and medical professionals should be wearing personal protective device like masks and gloves when they come in contact with a patient infected with the coronavirus.
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