Related Articles Autopsy in suspected COVID 19 cases J Clin Pathol 2020 Mar 20 Authors Hanley B Lucas SB Youd E Swift B Osborn M Abstract The severe acute respiratory syndrome SARS coronavirus 2 CoV 2 outbreak in Wuhan China has now spread to many countries across the world including the UK with over 3000 deaths as of early March 2020 This will inevitably lead to an increase in the number of suspected coronavirus disease 2019 COVID 19 related deaths at autopsy The Royal College of Pathologists has responded to this concern with the release of guidelines on autopsy practice relating to COVID 19 The following article is a summary and interpretation of these guidelines It includes a description of hazard group 3 organisms to which SARS CoV 2 has been assigned a brief description of what is currently known about the pathological and autopsy findings in COVID 19 a summary of the recommendations for conducting autopsies in suspected COVID 19 cases and the techniques for making the diagnosis at autopsy It concludes by considering the clinicopathological correlation and notification of such cases PMID 32198191 PubMed as supplied by publisher