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This could have gone into any number of Covid related threads, but due to the wording itself, it's probably best left right here:
Drowned man tests positive for Covid-19 28 times
Doctors examining the corpse of a man who died from drowning and showed no symptoms of coronavirus have made a disturbing discovery.https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/f5c65589ad6d36b3f9be86adddbc48a8A Ukrainian man who died from drowning subsequently tested positive for coronavirus twenty-eight times over more than a month.
Doctors from Italy’s D’Annunzio University say the findings shed new light on the persistency of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in dead bodies, although more research is needed to determine the infection risk.
The main route of transmission of the virus is large respiratory droplets, and to date there has been no evidence of infection from a corpse.
“The present case shows the persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA up to 41 days after death,” the researchers from the university’s Center for Advanced Studies and Technology wrote in the Journal of Medical Case Reports.
“Data about its persistence are of fundamental importance for pathologists to understand when the handling of the corpse is safe, and further studies are needed to estimate the virus contagiousness.”
The 41-year-old man went missing after swimming in the sea with a friend during rough weather near Chieti on central Italy’s east coast.
His body was found wedged between rocks about 16 hours later and an autopsy was ordered.