Smallpox Outbreak Control Activities and Strategies

Burial Issues (22:V1:72)

Embalming and open casket funerals should not be done for people who have died from smallpox. Outbreaks have been associated with open casket funerals. If possible, the safest way to deal with remains is cremation, but if that is not possible, containing and sealing the remains then burying them in the ground can be done. 

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