Monika Nainwal
The forensic community is crucial to the national and international crisis management during a pandemic like COVID-19. A lot has been written and shared about protocols for handling the dead, reducing the danger of infection, and investigating deaths. However, in many situations, the resources at their disposal prevent forensic practitioners from adhering to best-practice guidelines. The new coronavirus (COVID-19) has had significant negative effects in Brazil, and this article looks at some of them, with a focus on how the dead are managed and the difficulties medical-legal services encounter
