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QC sets guidelines on handling of COVID-19-related deaths

(Eagle News)–Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte has issued localized guidelines on the handling of deaths related to the coronavirus disease 2019. Belmonte issued the guidelines on  April 11, after noting what she said was some national-run hospitals’ passing of the responsibility of processing the burial or cremation of cadavers to the local government, whether resident or not. According to the guidelines, the 12-hour period for cremation of the cadaver as provided under DOH Guidelines 2020-0067 […]