Considerations Related to Safe Handling of Dead Bodies of Deceased Persons with COVID-19: Issues and Review of Guidelines.

The Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19) earlier known only as the Wuhan virus, expanded its circle and finally spreading its routes to India. The guidelines/considerations published by various government organizations for management of dead bodies in context of COVID-19 were reviewed. The problem arrived when experts found some loopholes in government guidelines and other social issues were raised in different parts of country regarding the final rituals of deceased died due to suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19. Some cases were also observed in neighboring countries also. In this article, light was thrown on utility of body bags for handling dead bodies, environmental cleaning, autopsy & embalming related issues, precautions in case of community deaths etc. We tried to discuss the issues in light of available guidelines by government of India and other international guidelines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]