It is reported by NYT.
It is noted that those who work with corpses are mainly at risk of infection: pathologists, forensic experts and medical workers.
According to a researcher from Japan's Chiba University, Hisako Saito, it is possible to become infected with the coronavirus from the body within 17 days after death.
Saito also said that in some countries, the fact that the bodies of those who died from COVID-19 are left unattended or returned home is a common problem.
Dmitry Tarasov, Chief Physician of City Clinical Hospital No. 1 of Chelyabinsk, in an interview with URA.RU, told how to alleviate the condition after suffering ARVI, influenza or coronavirus.