1.
Nature
; 587(7834): 350-353, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1062738
Subject(s)
Automated Facial Recognition/ethics , Automated Facial Recognition/trends , Law Enforcement/ethics , Law Enforcement/methods , Police/ethics , Police/legislation & jurisprudence , Public Opinion , Bias , COVID-19/epidemiology , COVID-19/prevention & control , China , Crime/legislation & jurisprudence , Crime/prevention & control , Crime/statistics & numerical data , Europe , Female , Humans , Information Storage and Retrieval/ethics , Information Storage and Retrieval/standards , Informed Consent/ethics , Informed Consent/legislation & jurisprudence , Male , Pandemics , Politics , Population Surveillance/methods , Prejudice/ethics , Quarantine/legislation & jurisprudence , United States
2.
J Forensic Leg Med
; 74: 102028, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-651346
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has swamped the entire world and turned into a pandemic. Its high contagiousness compelled authorities to categorize all autopsies as 'high risk' considering the risk of exposure to the healthcare workers. In India, the Criminal Procedure Code authorizes investigating police officer to hold an inquest into suspicious deaths. The present article draw attention towards the 'needless autopsies' in times of COVID-19 and emphasizes on causes and recommendations.