The Department of Health, the Hospital Authority and the FEHD jointly promulgated the "Precautions for Handling and Disposal of Dead Bodies" in February 2020, which provided guidelines on handling of dead bodies to the funeral business sectors. Furthermore, the FEHD wrote to all licensed undertakers and funeral parlours in February 2020 reminding them to adopt the aforesaid guidelines when handling the dead bodies of persons infected with COVID-19 virus.  The guidelines can be downloaded vide the FEHD's webpage links as follows.

• Precautions for Handling and Disposal of Dead Bodies
• Training on infection prevention and control strategies to funeral business sectors:  COVID-19 - Handling and disposal of dead bodies (Please refer to Chinese Version)