Autopsies a big help in fighting pandemic

Forensic expert Liu Liang has been trying to save patients infected with the novel coronavirus by studying corpses.

Liu, a professor in forensic medicine and pathology at Tongji Medical College in Wuhan, Hubei province, is the first doctor in the world to have completed an autopsy of a COVID-19 patient.

His forensic discoveries have been included in the latest version of the guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of the infectious disease released by the National Health Commission.