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Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle the coronavirus dead

  • Written by Ahmad Samarji, Associate Professor of Forensic Science Education & STEM Education and the Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Phoenicia University
Overloaded morgues, mass graves and infectious remains: How forensic pathologists handle the coronavirus deadThe mortuary in Girona, Spain, one of the countries hardest hit by coronaviurs. Marti Navarro/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Editor’s note: Most scientists and doctors in the coronavirus crisis are working to save the living. Those in the field of forensic pathology, however, focus on the dead.

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