India announced the results of an autopsy of a new crown death: the lungs are "hard as a ball", and the virus is still in the body 18 hours after death

India announced the results of an autopsy of a new crown death: the lungs are "hard as a ball", and the virus is still in the body 18 hours after death 

According to Indian media reports on the 23rd, an autopsy of a 62-year-old COVID-19 death in the southern Indian state of Karnataka found that the patient’s lungs were “hard as a ball” and that the patient still had the new coronavirus after death.

("India Today": An autopsy found that the lungs of the new crown death cases were "hard as a ball")

“India Today” quoted “The Times of India” as reporting that the results of the first autopsy of the new crown death case showed that even if the patient had died for 18 hours, the new crown virus was still present in his nasopharyngeal swab samples.

Dr. Dinesh Rao, head of the forensic department at the local hospital that performed an autopsy on the dead case, said the patient’s lungs were “as hard as a ball”, the air sacs were ruptured and there were clots in the blood vessels.

"The autopsy of the new crown death cases is helpful to understand the status of the disease," Rao told the Times of India. The autopsy process was completed on October 10th and lasted 1 hour and 10 minutes. The last microscopic evidence was found on Wednesday ( 21st) was released.

According to related reports, Rao took five swab samples from the nose, throat and mouth, lung surface, respiratory tract (trachea, bronchus), face and neck skin of the patient’s remains. Related tests showed that the deceased's nose and throat samples tested positive for the new coronavirus.

(Reported that the autopsy has been approved by the patient’s family. Source: Press Trust of India)

"This means that the remains of patients with the new crown are still contagious. The most surprising thing is that the (new crown virus test) on their skin was negative." The Times of India quoted Rao as saying.

According to reports, the autopsy process obtained the consent of the patient’s family. When the patient died, his family members were in isolation and could not claim the remains.

It is worth noting that Rao also told The Times of India: "Compared with the findings of the autopsy reports from the United States and Italy, my findings are unique. This may mean that the (new crown virus) seen in India The strains are different.2020/10