COVID-19: Medical Examiner In Thailand Dies After Contracting Coronavirus From Corpse.

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. <br />“This is the first report on COVID-19 infection and death among medical personnel in a Forensic Medicine unit,”<br />“There is low chance of forensic medicine professionals coming into contact with infected patients. But they can have contact with biological samples and corpses.”<br />“At 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.<br />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.