Joining hands to prevent COVID-19

COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease caused by

COVID-19 virus mainly affects

lung;

• Based on current evidence, the COVID-19 virus is

transmitted between people through water drops,

fomites and close contact, with possible spread

through feces. It is not air. Because this is a new one

Does the virus have a source and does it progress?

but it is clear that more precautions can be used

until more information is available

• Except for dengue cases (such as

Ebola, Marburg) and cholera, corpses are

Generally not contagious. Only the lungs of the patient

flu pandemic, if handled improperly

during an autopsy, there may be an infection. If not,

corpses do not transmit disease. It is a common

Legend that those who died of infectious

The disease should be cremated, but this is not true.

Cremation is a matter of cultural choices and

available resources; first

• So far there is no evidence of who has

infected by contact with the body of

people who died because of COVID-19;

• Everyone can die from COVID-19 in health care

facilities, houses, or other locations;

• The safety and well-being of everyone tend

Body should be the first priority. Before attending

For one body, everyone should make sure it's necessary

hand hygiene and personal protective equipment

(PPE) supplies available (see Annex I);

• Dignity of the dead, their culture and religion

traditions, and their families should be respected and

protection throughout;

• It is necessary to promptly handle a person who died from COVID-19

avoid;

• Authorities should manage each of the above situations

case by case, balancing the rights of the family,

the need to investigate the cause of death and

risk of exposure to infection.