The authors regret that the article might not have good writing for clarification in the primary text and it might result in misinterpretation. This article is one of the first reports regarding COVID-19 infection and death investigation safety that is an important issue for medical personnel in any Forensic Medicine Unit (last sentence). Regarding the aim of the article, the authors would like to raise a concern for safety protection among practitioners and the authors would like to restate that the authors did not report that there is a scientific confirmation for disease transmission from corpse. The authors did not mean to suggest that the victim had died, and that the authors do not know for sure and cannot scientifically confirm that the virus moved from the dead body. The information about this case was from news reports in Thailand (For example: https://www.tnnthailand.com/content/32295; https://www.thairath.co.th/news/crime/1797189). The source of infection might be from any sources. The article should also state that COVID-19 was firstly observed in 2019 in China (first sentence). The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Corrigendum to “COVID-19 in forensic medicine unit personnel: Observation from Thailand” [J Forensic Legal Med 72 May 2020, 101964]
Won Sriwijitalai
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Corresponding author. wonsriwi@gmail.com
Private academic consultant.
Issue date 2020 May.
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