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AMANDA: Alright, thanks very much! Another community member asked: Bodies of deceased COVID patients usually require cremation, but I heard that some of these bodies were buried directly in the ground in New York. Will this cause pollution? So I think the question-asker is referring to contamination or bodies as a source of viral infection.
DR. LIO: There is actually no difference and no recommendations of how to take care of the body after death. It is a myth to assume that the body should be cremated, and that makes it safer. Because it is safe to have the body buried in the ground. The virus basically requires a live body to be able to reproduce itself, otherwise it is just leaving the virus out in the environment, it will die within a few hours or a few days depending on what material is on. The way the virus spread is mostly by droplets, so by speaking, coughing. These things that are propelled from your body out of the air. When someone has already passed away, they are not going to be passing the virus. People who are handling the bodies, they all have protection, and they will be protecting themselves.
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阿曼达：好的，非常感谢！另一位社区成员问：去世的新冠患者的尸体通常需要火化，但我听说在纽约有一些尸体直接埋入地下。这会不会造成污染？我认为提问者想说的是，尸体会不会成为病毒感染的来源？
刘医生：事实上，对于如何处理患者尸体现在并没有特别的建议或区别处理。”火化新冠死者更为安全“是一个谣言。把尸体埋在地下是安全的。病毒需要一个活的生物体内才能繁殖。如果只是将病毒留在环境中，取决于物质环境，它会在几小时或几天内死亡。病毒传播的方式大多是通过飞沫，通过说话、咳嗽，从你身体喷出的液滴进入空气当中。当一个人已经去世了，尸体不会传播病毒。处理尸体的人，他们都有采取保护措施去保护自己。