摘要新型冠状病毒感染疾病（COVID-19）已纳入法定乙类传染病，并按甲类传染病进行预防和控制。疫情期间出于诊断或研究需要，可能需要对疑似或确诊COVID-19的死亡病例进行尸检。为了指导从事尸检人员正确进行操作检查，保证病理从业人员及防疫人员安全，由汕头大学医学院病理国家重点学科起草，经中华医学会病理学分会和中国医师协会病理科医师分会广泛征求意见和建议，制定本指南，供全国医疗机构参考执行。

abstractsCOVID-19 has been included in Category B infectious diseases and is prevented and controlled according to Category A infectious diseases. In order to establish a diagnosis or conduct further research, a post-mortem examination may be desired on a possible COVID-19 death. To guide the personnel engaged in the autopsy to carry out the correct operation, and ensure the safety of the pathologists and disease control staffs during the epidemic, the Chinese Pathological Society, the Chinese Pathologist Association and the Pathology and Pathophysiology national key discipline at Shantou University Medical College, formulated this guidance for the autopsy for deaths associated with COVID-19 during the prevention and control period of COVID-19 in China.